We call black holes in this gap lite intermediate mass black holes or lite IMBHs, because they are the least massive black ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

A black hole’s bizarre "heartbeat" is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave.

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as ...

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Black holes are mysterious objects, and scientists have a lot to learn about them. So much, in fact, that they didn't think ...

Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with ...

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ...

An international team of astronomers using NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding ...

"We're now entering an era where we can automatically catch these rare events as they happen, not just after the fact." ...

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has provided new insights into black hole corona and polarised X-ray ...