Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky ...

Black holes may leak more energy to their surroundings than previously suspected — and the faster these voids spin, the more ...

How much does a black hole change in a year? Scientists may now have an idea, after taking a fresh look at the first-ever black hole to be imaged — the supermassive black hole M87*, , which ...

Black holes are objects with an intense gravitational ... the contortions of which produce awesome light shows. In 2015, when we detected gravitational waves for the first time, the observed ...

The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. Astronomers say they have never seen anything like it before. The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654 ...

Nearly a decade ago, an explosion on the sun "contained components of three different types of solar eruptions". Studying the ...

Supermassive Black Holes are awesome! But do you know what’s even more awesome? Merging supermassive black holes! Black holes ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

"This discovery challenges the common belief that black holes formed in star clusters always have randomly distributed spins." "Roses are red. Violets are blue. Your event horizon means I can't ...

Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence than first meets the eye. Researchers studied data from the ...