Scientists have discovered key conditions needed for a stellar black hole to create plasma jets. Their findings show that when superheated gas material experiences a rapid shrinkage towards the black ...

The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

Possible dark galaxy discovered near Milky Way Emits no visible light, made of hydrogen and dark matter Detected using Green ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...

Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.

Why it matters: University of Utah astronomers have used Hubble's images to find new (ish) black holes. How it works: When it ...

Astronomers think there could be as many as 100 million black holes in our galaxy, most with a similar mass to our Sun, but ...

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