Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

Some physicists think our reality is a kind of cosmic hologram, with space, time, and gravity as manifestations of a ...

A controversial theory suggests the observable universe is the result of matter rebounding after the collapse of a black hole ...

These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...

How astronomers used gravitational lensing, a space-time trick predicted by Einstein, to detect a black hole measuring 30 billion times the mass of the sun.

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

Black holes, once purely theoretical, are now observable phenomena, offering insights into the universe. Their intense ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.