Black holes
Webb detects farthest black hole collision ever seen, looking back to a period shortly after the Big Bang
Webb Telescope's image of galaxy system ZS7 reveals the farthest black hole collision ever seen, just 780 million years after the Big Bang.
Beautiful x-ray image shows vent channelling material away from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
Staggeringly beautiful image reveals the chaos at the centre of our Galaxy.
Could Earth ever be swallowed by a black hole?
Is it possible for Earth to fall into a black hole? Should we be worried about our home planet disappearing any time soon?
Pair of black holes 28 billion times heavier than the Sun are heaviest ever seen
Artist's impression of merging black holes in colliding galaxies. Credit: Draco-Zlat / Getty Images
How astronomers discovered the biggest explosion in the Universe, an eruption from a supermassive black hole
The biggest explosion ever recorded created a cosmic bubble 1.5 million lightyears wide in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.
Incredible new image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole shows magnetic field lines, hints at hidden jet
A brand new image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole has been released.
This is what would happen if you fell into a black hole
If you fell into a black hole, could you survive? What would happen, and what would you see?
A white hole is a time-reversed black hole, but could one really exist out there in the cosmos?
We've all heard of black holes. But what about white holes? Could they really exist?
Dark matter could be made of black holes
Are tiny black holes the gravitational glue holding galaxies together?
What is a black hole?
What is a black hole made of? Is there anything on the other side? How do we know they exist?
How black holes were first discovered
The story of how black holes went from theory to discovery.
How are black holes formed? Astronomers are on the brink of discovering the secret
We’re on the edge of discovering where these monstrous gravity sinkholes come from.
How can a black hole give off light?
If black holes are black, how can they give off light?
Can a black hole die?
We can predict the fate of black holes by understanding a process called Hawking Radiation.
Supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy is spinning so fast, it's warping spacetime
The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning so fast it's warping spacetime, according to a study.
Will black holes consume everything in the Universe?
Black holes have a reputation for being cosmic vacuum cleaners. Does that mean they'll eventually eat all matter?
Astronomy explained | What is Hawking radiation?
Particles appearing on the edge of a black hole could cause it to lose mass over time.
Interview | How we photographed the black hole in M87
In 2019 astronomers released the first image of a black hole. But how was it done and what does the image show? We spoke to astronomer Heino Falcke to find out.
The Final Parsec Problem explained
There is an unsolved problem surrounding the merging of supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies.
Record-breaking black hole discovered in X-ray light
As the earliest black hole seen in X-rays, it could reveal how these mammoths grow so large.
Astronomers spot most massive star ever seen swallowed by a black hole
Star is one of the largest ever witnessed being destroyed this way
Merging galaxies could be responsible for powerful black hole objects known as quasars
Quasars are hungry monsters at the heart of galaxies, but the origins of these powerful objects have long been a mystery
'Galaxy-sized' detector measures echos of colliding black holes
By observing their effect on pulsars, astronomers have detected low frequency gravitational waves emerging from the distant Universe.
Astronomers spot black hole quasars colliding in the early Universe
Study gives astronomers greater insight into the the formation of galaxies through mergers in the early Universe.