WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The formation of a black hole can be quite a violent event, with a massive dying star blowing ...

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few ...

A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it -- turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star ...

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.

One of the brightest stars in the Andromeda galaxy has disappeared without the explosion astronomers expected. Instead, they ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies.

Scientists say an ultra-powerful neutrino once thought impossible may be explained by an exotic black hole model involving a so-called “dark charge.” ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of primordial black holes gathering matter to form the first generation of stars.

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's ...

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth&rsquo ...

For decades, scientists have known black holes often come in pairs. These binary systems feature a black hole locked in a gravitational dance with a nearby object—usually a star, neutron star, or ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There's something inherently fascinating about black holes. Maybe it's that they're invisible ...