Most people know that black holes are kind of scary. Admittedly, that's true, but black holes are so much more than that. They are truly fascinating wonders, from how they form, their many types, and ...

Smaller black holes tend to attract less material, making them naturally dimmer. Chandra would miss many of these faint ...

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that ...

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 sparks ultra-fast winds, offering new clues about ...

The oldest and most distant black hole known to scientists dates back 13.3 billion years ago, when our universe was still in its teething stage, according to findings published this month. The ...

Black holes, born from dying stars, are cosmic giants that grow by consuming matter and merging with others. While invisible ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Black holes usually form from stars that burn out and collapse in on themselves, but that cannot explain the red spark of light that could be a ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...