Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole in its core. Whether the black hole forms first and then the galaxy around it—or the other way around—is still a matter of some debate, but we know ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary cosmic outburst this July which likely heralds a new kind of stellar ...

Hawking radiation, a theoretical prediction arising from the interplay between quantum mechanics and general relativity, posits that black holes emit thermal radiation due to quantum effects near the ...

Black holes can get energy boosts by ‘snacking’, although their dish of choice is rather different from our own. Analysis suggests that the most luminous burst of light ever detected from a black hole ...