A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

Astronomers detect an ultramassive black hole weighing 36 billion suns in the galaxy LRG 3-757, a record thanks to gravitational lenses.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant ...

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Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

“The fact that we see the nucleus is not feeding ... of the black hole will affect our galaxy. This black hole is not the only threat the Earth faces. According to new data, three near-Earth ...

Astronomers theorize that a low-mass white dwarf, a compact core of a dead star about as large as Earth, could be the culprit. A cosmic mystery surrounding a black hole some 270 million light ...

"It's basically the same thing seen from a different angle," Creighton told Mashable. The massive black hole at the center ... the real threats are here on Earth, not out in the cosmos.

Astronomers have discovered two new black holes that are the closest ones to Earth known, and also represent something that astronomers have never seen before. The black holes, designated Gaia BH1 ...

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. The dormant black hole ... which makes them harder to see. "If a black hole is not actively feeding (i.e., it is dormant ...

However, astronomers have discovered two new black holes close to Earth that have raised some eyebrows. While discovering black holes near Earth isn’t unusual, these two holes are much further ...

"The most difficult thing to see is what stands right ... to look for tiny tunnels on Earth, created by small, though forceful, primordial black holes. (They would leave holes like a speeding ...