Before leading the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer co-authored a paper explaining that the most massive stars must eventually become what we would now call a black hole
Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time.
Astrophysicists are tuning in to a never-before-seen type of gravitational wave spawned by pairs of supermassive black holes
Particle by particle, all matter may eventually disappear, according to new calculations
Some of the most violent cosmic collisions occur silently in the vacuum of space, but with the right instrumental ears, we can still hear it happen. Here’s how.
The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers?
Using machine learning, researchers have now created a much sharper portrait of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87
Scientists may have spotted two pairs of merging dwarf galaxies, each pair with a duo of soon-to-collide black holes
A lab-made black hole is beyond current technology but could be possible one day
The way we teach quantum theory conveys a spookiness that isn’t actually there
These merging supermassive black holes are among the closest ever observed and could help unlock deeper secrets of cosmic history
The IceCube observatory has detected neutrinos from an active galaxy for the first time, revealing clues about how supermassive black holes gobble matter
A river’s “gut” revived, snake-saving social media, an intragalactic donut, and more success stories of the year
The Ads/CFT duality conjecture suggests our universe is a hologram, enabling significant discoveries in the 25 years since it was first proposed
The death of a massive star far across the universe affected lightning on our planet and could teach us about the Milky Way
The first image of the behemoth at the center of our galaxy opens new avenues for understanding the nature of black holes
New insights from black hole research may elucidate the cosmological event horizon
Mysterious “islands” help to explain what happens to information that falls into a black hole
Quantum entanglement and spacetime wormholes helped to solve a long-standing quandary
We do not have a theory to tell us everything about how a black hole works, but new research is shedding a least some light on one of their many mysteries.
