Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by ...

It is called a black hole, because it acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light. According to the theory of ...

As civilizations grow and mature, if humanity so far is anything to go by, they require a lot more energy to sustain ...

Einstein believed that black holes didn't really exist. But they do: that much we know. We don't know much else about them.

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending ...

Supermazes” are theoretical structures that provide a fresh blueprint for understanding the microscopic complexity of black ...

Using the mathematics of Einstein's 1915 theory of gravity, called general relativity, scientists can model the interior of a black hole. The problem is that, when they do this, general relativity ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...

A study published in Physical Review Letters outlines a new approach for extracting information from binary systems by ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending ...