A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole.

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our galaxy's "black hole heart." Credit: ESO ...

Astronomers have found growing evidence that runaway black holes are hurtling through galaxies at extreme speeds, leaving ...

Internationally-vetted data suggests we've witnessed a rare intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf along the outskirts of a distant galaxy.

SDG Games has announced that Black Hole Fishing will launch on Steam on April 7, bringing an unconventional twist to incremental games.

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

Scheme administrator PackUK has admitted it may have to reissue the first year of bills because of a major shortfall in the ...

A stellar black hole is one that’s created from the gravitational collapse of particularly massive stars, typically greater than eight solar masses. For context, one solar mass is about equivalent to ...

Many of us remember all too well our childhood bout of chickenpox: those itchy, scabby, red spots that appeared all over our ...

The Scottish Government and Glasgow council are in the process of negotiating a controversial budget plan to fill a near £50m ...