A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

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

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

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

The results, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in March, suggest that in those last moments, the star's surface cracks apart much like the ground during an earthquake. Just before the ...

Unlike typical black holes, which have a spherical shape, a planar black hole's boundary is a flat, two-dimensional surface. The researchers' ongoing work suggests that the same mechanism could ...

Coming soon: black holes with 50% more detail. Coming soon: black holes with 50% more detail. News. ... and allows 0.87-millimeter observations to be taken from the surface of Earth. ...

The black hole at the center of our galaxy is experiencing a flurry of flares, ranging from flickers to brilliant eruptions, according to a team that analyzed data from recent observations by the ...

We observed the black hole multiple times throughout 2023 and 2024, ... These short and faint flickers are like the small ripples that fluctuate randomly at the surface of a body of water.

An artist's concept of a black hole orbited by a neutron star. Image: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) When a black hole and a neutron star finally meet, the result is cosmic carnage—and now, thanks to ...

A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of an atom, but with the mass of a city-sized asteroid. Created ...