Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

The black holes rip the stars apart and consume their stellar debris — becoming more massive, Northwestern explained. This ...

Black holes spin in captivating embrace in stunning new simulation imagery - Binary black holes move in tandem before merging ...

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

Black holes and their archaeology The results of the SDSS Survey of mass measurements of hundreds of black holes were a surprise, according to Fries. That's because the spin rates reveal something ...

Gravitational waves are unlocking the origins of black holes, linking spin shifts to sequential mergers in star clusters.

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein 110 ...

One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise disappearance, and now, a precarious spinning act. The black hole in ...

Measuring balck hole spin isn't easy Despite being cosmic monsters that shape the entire galaxies around them, supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun ...