Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon caused by massive objects bending the fabric space-time around them due to the impact ...

Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

Voyager 2 has traveled farther than any spacecraft. It’s a little more than 12.4 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) away, just beyond the edge of our solar system. But Fudan University ...

They found it by analyzing the effects of the black hole’s gravity using a technique called gravitational lensing. This is the first time a black hole has been found through gravitational lensing, and ...

An ancient, fast-feeding quasar is breaking the rules of how black holes consume matter and generate galaxy-shaping jets.

Black holes are one of the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena. They defy our understanding of physics, challenging our perceptions of reality with their extraordinary characteristics. As astronomers ...

In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach ...