Hollywood films aren't always known for having realistic scenarios. So how do scientists work with some of the biggest productions to bring real science to science fiction?

We don’t know for sure, but the best space exploration games let you discover alien worlds, dodge supermassive black holes, or become an interstellar ... always have to be realistic experiences.

The miniatures and special effects used for the launch sequence were so realistic that it reportedly ... with particular attention paid to black holes, wormholes, and time dilation.

Intriguingly, ultralight dark matter might be able to turn into photons (light) — and it's through this process that the ...

A distant galaxy is home to a ravenous supermassive black hole that appears to be playing with its food in a lively new image from the Very Large Telescope. The photo suggests that interstellar ...

Webb detected rare neon gas in M83. This may signal a hidden black hole, challenging the idea that the galaxy has only ...

What if everything we know—the stars, the galaxies, the expanding fabric of space-time—isn’t floating in a limitless void, but instead exists inside a black hole? It may sound like a work of ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar – a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you’d get sucked in by its ...

They suggested it might be a lone black hole. Shortly thereafter, a second research team challenged that result, suggesting it was more likely a neutron star. After continuing to study the object ...