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

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

Could the Universe have been born inside a black hole? This question, raised by a team of scientists, challenges the Big Bang ...

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

The model also predicts the presence of relic compact objects, like primordial black holes or neutron stars, created prior to the bounce and possibly accessible to next-generation telescopes. The ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

The cosmos has once again thrown humanity into a whirlwind of questions, and this time, the answers may be scarier than we imagined. In a jaw-dropping revelation, scientists studying data from NASA’s ...

New findings about intermediate-mass black holes could shed light on some of the universe’s more mysterious components. In a recently published paper, a group of scientists have found new evidence of ...

There are objects in our universe so dense that not even light escapes through them. These oddities, known as supermassive black holes, can weigh billions of times more than our sun. Scientists have ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption ...

Aesop Rock, Black Hole Superette (Rhymesayers) Aesop Rock has been making what was once considered “experimental” hip hop for so long now that all that’s left from album to album is pure outcome, ...