Black holes are one of the most devastating objects in space, sucking up everything around them. But there's another space ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

In 2014, a NASA telescope observed that the infrared light emitted by a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy gradually grew brighter. The star glowed more intensely with infrared light for around ...

What if the Milky Way’s central “black hole” isn’t a black hole at all? A new model proposes that an ultra-dense dark matter core could mimic its gravitational pull.

Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster's black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound ...

A scientist has revealed the terrifying - and surprising - reality of what you might see and feel if you fell into a black hole ...

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

Scientists have named newly detected merging supermassive black holes after ’Lord of the Rings’ locations, using gravitational wave data and quasar observations to map their mergers.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is weighing mass layoffs as it faces a deficit of nearly $200 million – driven by huge salaries and plummeting enrollment. The board is expected to meet next ...

David McLay Kidd is excited to join peers Doak, Hanse and Coore-Crenshaw at Streamsong with what might be his 'most fun' golf ...

Michigan football has hired Vanderbilt's Larry Black as its new defensive line coach, bringing in a young SEC coach.