Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright ...

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months.

Mysterious Bright Flashes in the Night Sky Baffle Astronomers Celestial transients shine furiously and briefly. Astronomers ...

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever ...

Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astronomers have detected what may be the most massive black ...

Black holes, born from dying stars, are cosmic giants that grow by consuming matter and merging with others. While invisible themselves, their feeding frenzy creates brilliant light. Despite their ...

To study the origins of our universe is to struggle with profound chicken-or-egg questions. We know the Big Bang happened. Cosmologists can see its afterglow in the sky. But no one knows whether the ...