Despite the bounce and subsequent expansion, nothing can leave the event horizon, so it expands into a new region of ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

Supermassive black holes, with masses millions ... determine how much cosmic gas has fallen into galaxies relatively recently. The dependence of star formation and, thus, galaxy growth on dense ...

A new investigation into a rare and short-lived type of galaxy has revealed that such objects harbor slumbering supermassive black holes that briefly awaken to rip apart a massive star and devour ...

A groundbreaking new study proposes that black holes, which absorb everything into an inescapable void, may eventually ...

so the star core begins to collapse in on itself. If its mass collapses into an infinitely small point, a black hole is born. Packing all of that bulk—many times the mass of our own sun—into ...

Microquasars are systems in which a black hole slowly eats a star. The researchers found a new source of rays that is consistent with the position of a well-known microquasar. Researcher Laura ...

Not all big stars become neutron stars. After a supernova occurs, some stars can collapse into black holes. This is usually when the star’s remnants are too dense that light can’t even escape the ...

Tucked within the intriguing corners of space, this microquasar not only holds a black hole, but is also associated with two stars. One star whirls in a tight dance around the black hole every 6.5 ...