Scientists created “sonic black holes” in the lab to mimic how real black holes trap light — except these trap sound. Then they ran the experiment again and again… 97,000 times. What showed up in the ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

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

On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger of two black holes. Now, in the ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Physicists have not yet watched a black hole literally blow itself apart, but they are closing in on the conditions where such an event might finally be seen. At the same time, telescopes are catching ...

Scientists pursuing supermassive black holes suspect that these giants merge somewhere in the universe roughly once a year, but they don’t know how to find them. They think the evidence is hidden in ...

On the left is M87*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87), 55 million light-years away. On the right is Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the black hole at the centre of our ...

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's ...