When two black holes slam together, they do not simply vanish into darkness, they ring like struck bells and briefly light up ...

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every ...

Black holes trap everything including light, white holes hypothetically expel matter, and wormholes could connect distant regions of space-time as tunnels through the cosmos. Republicans fear doomsday ...

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official concept in math, referring to two surfaces that may be transposable. In this ...

Donald Glover is a man of many talents. After making a name for himself as a well-loved comedian and filmmaker, Donald's songs under the name Childish Gambino also found great success. His iconic ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought was possible. Reading time 4 minutes When LIGO broke news of an ...

New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful magnetic forces act on a collapsing, spinning star, they eject vast amounts of ...

When you're tackling a high-torque job that requires a durable solution, there's nothing like a set of dependable impact sockets to keep you moving. They're how mechanics remove your tires' lug nuts, ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up ...

Whenever someone talks about black holes, they almost always talk about the event horizon and the singularity. After all, that's what defines a black hole, right? Well, it depends on what you mean by ...

One of the greatest mysteries in cosmology is the nature of what we refer to as dark energy. This mysterious force drives the expansion of the universe to accelerate. Dark energy is an unknown ...