Could the Universe have been born inside a black hole? This question, raised by a team of scientists, challenges the Big Bang ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Suppose the birth of the universe was not a definite start, but a cosmological rebound far within a black hole? This radical idea has been picking up steam as new theoretical research, spearheaded by ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have instead ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption event.

Chinese astronomers have observed an X-ray binary system designated IGR J19294+1816. As a result, they discovered multiple X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in this source. The finding was reported in ...

Astronomers have discovered the "missing link" connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of white dwarf stellar ...

Inset: an illustration of a white dwarf. Main top: Gaia22ayj seen in X-rays and visible light. ... — 'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole ...