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

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

The Savonoski Crater is a round hole in Alaska's Katmai National Park that has defied scientific explanation ever since it ...

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

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

In 1974, science fiction author Larry Niven wrote a murder mystery with an interesting premise: Could you kill a man with a ...

By blending digital control with analog simulations, scientists have created a powerful new quantum simulator that pushes ...

Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...

The Enigmatic Giants of the Universe Black holes, those mysterious entities lurking in the vastness of space, have always captivated the imagination of astronomers and poets alike. Their very ...

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

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 ...