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The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...
A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning “forbidden” black holes that challenge physics ...
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...
The massive black hole has been dubbed GW231123. Its unusual size and behavior is challenging scientists' understanding of ...
A new method to analyze gravitational-wave data could transform how we study some of the universe's most extreme events—black ...
Scientists have made a terrifying discovery: two black holes are on a collision course, set to merge into a massive hole that’s more than 225 times the size of the sun. If that isn’t scary enough, ...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park remained closed early Friday, with no estimated reopening time, as crews responded ...
A mining company released an initial assessment this week that outlines the potential for an open-pit gold mine northwest of ...
Appearance is one thing, but reality is another. The world does not appear to be a hologram, but maybe it is. Thus begins physicist Leonard Susskind in opening a doorway between science and religion ...
A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.
A new class of cosmic explosions — which emit more energy than any other brightness-changing event — may come from megastars getting shredded by supermassive black holes (illustrated). Adam ...