At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas periodically falls into the orbit of these bottomless pits, switching the black hole ...

"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

The black hole examined by the team is no small cosmic object. It is more than a billion times the mass of our Sun. Despite ...

Could black holes be unexpected contributors to the emergence of life in the universe? A recent study suggests that their ...

New research challenges our understanding of black holes, proposing they may not be cosmic dead ends after all.

Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of general relativity could finally do away with them, and explain what truly ...

A new discovery using the James Webb Telescope has implied we may live in a black hole. The telescope, launched by NASA three ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...

New research reveals that high-energy radiation from active galactic nuclei could foster life on distant planets by ...

Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.