"In principle, extraction is possible, and it could be a clean and efficient solution to the complex energy problems we will ...

"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time ...

Simulations of highly magnetized stars that explode and collapse into black holes show that they transfer their magnetic fields to the disk of swirling matter that forms around the new black hole.

A surprising new study suggests the intense radiation from active galactic nuclei from a black hole might support life ...

Primordial black holes are ancient mysteries, born in the universe’s earliest seconds. Unlike regular black holes, they weren ...

Gallagher points to escape velocity to understand the mechanics of a black hole. "If you're on the surface of the earth, and you go straight up, you have to go fast enough so that you can overcome the ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

Their study employed a simplified model known as a planar black hole, whose boundary is a flat surface rather than the classic spheroidal shape. Their findings suggest that the same mechanism could ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar — a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you'd get sucked in by its ...

When it comes to safe places for life, supermassive black holes are probably the last place you’d consider safe for nearby ...

Black holes — regions of space-time with extreme curvature — first arose as a concept from solutions to Einstein's field equations suggested by German physicist and astronomer Karl ...