A newly published study in The Astrophysical Journal has revealed the presence of a previously undetected supermassive black ...

"The creation of heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium necessitates extreme conditions," said physicist Matthew ...

Physicists propose that high-energy photon jets from collapsing stars may be secret factories of heavy elements like ...

In a baffling cosmic mystery, astronomers have reported a star that appeared to vanish without a trace. One night it was there, shining bright—and the next, it was gone. No explosion, no fading, no ...

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

massive star that eventually collapses into a black hole, and (2) Slow formation, where successive mergers of stellar-mass black holes over time gradually build up to an IMBH. As early as the ...

Astronomers confirm a wandering black hole in our galaxy’s Sagittarius region using Hubble and Gaia microlensing data.

Scientists have discovered key conditions needed for a stellar black hole to create plasma jets. Their findings show that when superheated gas material experiences a rapid shrinkage towards the black ...

Since black holes absorb any light that falls into them, the only sign of their ... because the chances of them lining up with a large star are so slim. Black holes are the ultra-dense remains ...

Scientists have been left stunned after stumbling across a lone black hole drifting through space. It's not every day ...

The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's ... Massive Black Hole in the Early Universe Spotted Taking a 'Nap' After Overeating Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists ...