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

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

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

The massive " Cosmic Horseshoe " galaxy system likely hosts a colossal black hole measuring 36 billion times the mass of our ...

Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could ...

Astronomers using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Very Large Array (VLA) have caught a supermassive black hole in ...

Sheffield Council is to freeze recruitment for six months as it grapples with a budget gap of more than £28m. The authority ...

If we do find a black hole that's close enough, the next challenge is getting there. For that, Bambi proposes the development ...

A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within ...

A team of astronomers says it has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed — a cosmic heavyweight that formed ...

Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant black hole — a behemoth that likely formed at the dawn of the ...

Astronomers spotted the ultramassive black hole inside the Cosmic Horseshoe, an equally gargantuan galaxy so powerful that it ...