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A mass range that shouldn't exist.

Black holes, regions of spacetime in which gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, are intriguing and extensively studied cosmological phenomena. Einstein's general theory of relativity predicts that when two black holes merge, they…

At the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away, a supermassive black hole is the new record holder for brightest flare.

Scientists may have solved the mystery of an "impossible" merger between two black holes so massive and fast-spinning that they shouldn't even exist, according to current theory.

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought was possible.

Black holes bend light through gravitational lensing, a cosmic effect revealing hidden galaxies and testing Einstein's theory of relativity.

In 2023, gravitational wave detectors caught two black holes colliding 7 billion light years away, both spinning at nearly the speed of light and both existing in a mass range where black holes simply cannot form. The mystery baffled…

In the blink of an eye after the Big Bang, the universe could have birthed strange new stars and black holes.

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a second after the Big Bang, before the first…

The Universe is 13.8 billion years old. Incredibly, though, scientists are capable of modeling the...

Full details emerge of feared shortfall in funding, days after 1,500 staff received email alerting them to risk of possible job losses

New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful magnetic forces act on a collapsing, spinning star, they eject vast amounts of material, creating smaller yet faster…

In the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang, long before atoms or light-filled galaxies existed, the newborn cosmos may already have been seeded with complex structures. A new theoretical study published in Physical Review D by…

Two black hole collisions detected just a month apart last autumn are challenging our understanding of how they form. One merger features a black hole spinning backwards against its orbit while the other involves one of the fastest…

Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes.

EXCLUSIVE: João Nuno Pinto returns to feature filmmaking this year with 18 Holes To Paradise, which debuts at the upcoming Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Check out the first trailer for the film above.

Astronomers have spotted the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole. Nicknamed "Superman," the flare originated 10 billion light-years from Earth.

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