The Chancellor could plug a £50 billion black hole in the nation’s public finances, with a 2p hike to income tax, a major economic think tank has warned.
Black hole images may test competing gravity theories. A new method uses simulations to check if they follow Einstein or alternatives with future sharper telescopes.
Astronomers have observed the brightest black hole flare ever recorded, a cosmic explosion that blazed with the energy of 10 trillion suns after a supermassive black hole tore apart and consumed a giant star, according to a report by Space…
A peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the origins of the earliest black holes in the universe, some experts say.
What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity," author and astrophysicist Jonas Enander tells us in terrifying detail.
As the clearest gravitational signal ever detected, GW250114 allowed researchers to draw important conclusions about fundamental physics. Notably, they analysed the frequencies of gravitational waves emitted by the merger to present the…
Black holes, once thought to be unknowable, are now under close scrutiny thanks to the Event Horizon Telescope’s groundbreaking images. Scientists have used these observations to explore whether Einstein’s general relativity truly holds up…
Researchers have detected a black hole consuming a massive star, marking the largest burst of light from a black hole ever observed. Continue reading at TweakTown
It can be challenging for us humans to wrap our brains around really massive numbers. Even the scale of a million or billion is pretty hard for most people to really comprehend. So prepare yourself to think big, because scientists have…
"The James Webb Space Telescope has opened a new frontier in extragalactic astrophysics, revealing objects we didn't even suspect existed, and we're only at the beginning of this adventure."