Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as ...

Black holes are famous for being insatiable concentrations of gravity from which not even light can escape. And if they floated through space all on their lonesome, it might be the end of the story.

Supermassive black holes, regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to escape, are often considered terrors of the known universe.

New observations of several distant giant black holes suggest the mysterious entities play a strong role in shaping their environment – even going as far as to "cook" their own cosmic meals, according ...