New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ...

Ever wondered what could spell doom for our planet? 🌍 Dive into the cosmic clash between black holes and comets as we explore the odds of Earth facing a cataclysmic event. Join the journey ...

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of distant galactic centers. Using light at a frequency of 345 GHz, they’ve ...

Readers discuss Earth’s hidden electric field, black hole measurements, more By Science News Staff March 1, 2025 at 7:00 am ...

In 1927, Semyon Semyonov, a local farmer who lived 70 km south-southeast of the blast’s epicentre, recalled his experience, saying: ‘‘I sat on the steps of my house facing ... a primordial black hole ...

This striking satellite image, taken from Google Maps in 2021, shows a bizarre, jet-black, triangular structure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the mysterious object, which was ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that's shooting a giant energy beam directly at Earth. The cosmic juggernaut, which is about as massive as 700 million suns, is taking aim at ...

CENDES: So for the Gaia black holes, they're actually the closest black holes that we know of to Earth. So the closest black hole, about 1,600 light years from us.

Scientists commonly strayed from the radio astronomy lanes to receive the black hole signals. To reach the very high precision needed for modern technology, geodesy today relies on more than just ...

An illustration shows a black hole slowly devouring a star. (Image credit: Science Communication Lab for MPIK/H.E.S.S.) Black holes snacking on stars is a fairly common phenomenon.

First up is WR 124, a type of star called a Wolf-Rayet which is a potential precursor to a black hole. As these old, massive stars come to the end of their lives, they start throwing off layers of ...