Latest about black holes
Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why
Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable 'burping' bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.
Dark matter could be building up inside dead stars — with potentially explosive consequences
Invisible dark matter may be gathering in the ultra-dense innards of neutron stars, potentially causing them to detonate in massive explosions.
A black hole 'assassin' ripped a star to shreds and left its guts strewn about the galaxy
Astronomers studied the remains of a massive star ripped apart by a black hole in an epic astro-forensic murder investigation.
Black hole 'seeds' discovered in the early universe for 1st time ever
The puzzle of how supermassive black holes grew so large just after the Big Bang could soon be solved.
Could a black hole devour the universe?
Black holes can swallow stars, planets and even merge with other black holes, but could a massive one swallow the entire universe?
Star-size black hole is emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain
Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.
James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universe
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.
Gargantuan black hole 'switches on,' becoming one of the brightest objects ever seen
A black hole 10 billion light-years away suddenly 'switched on', becoming one of the brightest transient objects ever detected.
