The Event Horizon Telescope, a collaboration of radio telescopes throughout the world that work in unison to capture images of supermassive black...

The Event Horizon Telescope, a collaboration of radio telescopes throughout the world that work in unison to capture images of supermassive black...

Chinese astronomers have discovered a rare, small black hole in a unique binary star system, providing new insights into the formation of black holes....

Chinese astronomers have discovered a rare, small black hole in a unique binary star system, providing new insights into the formation of black holes....

Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible For decades, a black hole that has as much spin or charge as it can given it mass was...

Stephen Hawking Was Wrong—Extremal Black Holes Are Possible For decades, a black hole that has as much spin or charge as it can given it mass was...

Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are...

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Astronomers have long been puzzled by the origins of supermassive black holes—enormous objects found at the center of most galaxies, including our...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by the origins of supermassive black holes—enormous objects found at the center of most galaxies, including our...