Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e. points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how ...

"This discovery challenges the common belief that black holes formed in star clusters always have randomly distributed spins." ...

Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...

Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

These 64 squares are a world itself in microcosm. Life, however, is not in black and white but in shades of grey. Efficiently navigating through these squares is a life “well played”.

Don't let the name fool you. Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in the cosmos. That doesn't mean all are ...

Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide open. A team of scientists using data from two NASA telescopes revealed ...

The Food for Life plant-based nutrition and cooking class series will celebrate Black History Month this February with classes that pay tribute to Black culinary traditions, as well as classes that ...

These filaments then flow toward the black hole, feeding it, and the cycle repeats. Brightness Link: The brightness of the hot gas in the center of galaxy clusters is directly related to the ...

The hot gas cools as it forms filaments that flow toward the black holes. So, this continuous cycle of cooling and feeding results in the evolution of the growth of the black holes. Interactions ...