Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the inevitability of singularities, which are obscured by black holes ...

A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a ...

2024 — Supermassive black holes typically take billions of years to form. But the James Webb Space Telescope is finding them not that long after the Big Bang -- before they should have had time ...

Space.com was on duty all year to bring you the major developments in the science of the universe's most fascinating entities: black holes.

Recent studies suggest quantum mechanics supports cosmic censorship, reinforcing black holes' role in hiding singularities.

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering ...

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe, and a new mission proposal suggests launching a space telescope specifically to study them. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT ...

Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that ... We calculated that the time it takes for these clumps to orbit around the two black holes should be five to 10 times longer ...