For more than 30 years, astronomers have been searching for a particular kind of black hole. They knew it should exist somewhere in our galaxy, but they just couldn’t find one. Now, they’ve finally ...

Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" won several awards, including an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Which scientific ...

An international team of astronomers from ASTRON, JIVE, the University of Amsterdam and other institutions has found the ...

What kind of physics is happening inside a black hole? Scientists have a lot of ideas, but taking any concrete measurements is borderline impossible—that is, unless you want to be spaghettified or ...

A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially ...

MIT astronomers have identified a possible new type of cosmic object called a black hole star, a giant hydrogen cloud powered by a central black hole. Scientists have detected two unusual black hole ...