Webb telescope data confirm a supermassive black hole fleeing its galaxy, carving a 200,000 light-year wake of new stars.

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant black hole far from the galactic center, occupied by an even larger black hole, emits bright radio flares after eating a ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

A black hole merger produced a behemoth over 225 times the mass of our sun. - Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images illustration The result is a colossal cosmic object about 225 times ...

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An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

A black hole inside a distant spiral galaxy is devouring material from the universe around it and creating winds at speeds never before seen by astronomers. The European Space Agency said that the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

Explore the chilling truths of the universe in our video "25 SCARY But True Space Facts." From the Big Rip to moon dust ...

When scientists discovered an enormous black hole thousands of light-years from where it ought to be in space, they knew they had a cosmic oddity on their hands. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showed a ...