His book, “A Crack in Everything,” tells ... into the detectors of eagerly awaiting astronomers on Earth, direct proof that black holes exist. But elsewhere, Chown’s scientific descriptions ...

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

The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.

Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.

The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the first-ever direct image of a black hole, showing the gargantuan object's ...

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Astronomers theorize that a low-mass white dwarf, a compact core of a dead star about as large as Earth, could be the culprit. A cosmic mystery surrounding a black hole some 270 million light ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A group of researchers recently simulated the event horizon of a man-made black hole in ...