Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a 'gravastar,' filled with ...

Black holes aren't just monsters; they are also creators. Lesson Three: Do your thing, whether people get you or not The universe has existed for 13.8 billion years.

The type of black hole that’s sitting in the center of a galaxy is different. This is a supermassive black hole, or SMBH, and — as its name implies — it’s much heftier.

The giant black hole has a mass of 30 billion suns and sits at the center of a galaxy located hundreds of millions of light-years from Earth. Astronomers call the cosmic monster an ultramassive ...

The supermassive black hole M87*, which rose to fame in 2019 when it became the first void to be imaged and revealed a fuzzy orange donut (then later sharpened by AI into a skinny ring), is now ...

Black holes like this one may gorge for about five to 10 million years–then go dormant for 100 million. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 18, 2024 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...