Astronomers using JWST and other telescopes found a supermassive black hole floating between two colliding galaxies — not in either galaxy center, but embedded in shocked gas. Why it matters: If ...

Ripples in space-time signalling the largest merger of two black holes ever seen challenge current understanding of the ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope of NASA will go into operation in 2027 and will detect exploding stars in the ancient ...

Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and his team have discovered direct evidence of a black hole birth in a recently-collided galaxy duo named 'Infinity'.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

Black holes have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, representing some of the most enigmatic and powerful forces in the universe. These cosmic giants, with their immense gravity and ...

Astronomers have detected the signal of a colossal black hole in deep space that likely formed when two already-large black ...

Two colossal black holes—among the most massive ever seen—collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled across the cosmos and shook the foundations of astrophysical theory.

The only place that's likely to happen is at the very center of our galaxy. And, for a while, there was an excess of ...

Named GW 231123 after the date it was recorded on 23 November 2023, it's the most massive black hole collision we've seen yet ...

The biggest black hole merger yet observed could confirm a rare class of black holes long thought to be missing from the universe.