Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...

The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...

A new method to analyze gravitational-wave data could transform how we study some of the universe's most extreme events—black ...

Black holes this massive are forbidden through standard stellar evolution models.” And with those words, Cardiff University’s Mark Hannam, a member of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, ...

Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the ...

Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...

Gravitational wave detectors have "heard" the ripples in space caused by the most massive black hole merger yet. One ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2022, continues to reshape how we view the cosmos. Designed to look deeper ...

Suppose the birth of the universe was not a definite start, but a cosmological rebound far within a black hole? This radical idea has been picking up steam as new theoretical research, spearheaded by ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

A new class of cosmic explosions — which emit more energy than any other brightness-changing event — may come from megastars getting shredded by supermassive black holes (illustrated). Adam ...

Using millions of simulations and AI, astronomers discovered the Milky Way’s black hole spins near top speed. The breakthrough, supported by four decades of distributed computing innovation, hints at ...