Black holes
There's an enormous black hole pointing its jet at Earth – and scientists only found it because of a strange flash in deep space
Hidden away behind vast clouds of dust, IRAS 18293-0941 is a binary system with a black hole orbiting a massive, hot star
Will black holes eventually consume everything in the Universe?
Black holes have a reputation for being cosmic vacuum cleaners. Does that mean they'll eventually eat all matter?
A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist
The mystery of ‘little red dots’ just got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a whole population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes
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We've never seen a black hole – so can we ever really know what they are?
We’ve detected their influence, tracked their collisions and imaged their shadows. But can we ever really know what black holes are?
Black holes explained for beginners
What is a black hole made of? Is there anything on the other side? How do we know they exist?
Where is the nearest black hole to Earth?
Where is the nearest black hole in our galaxy? A study reveals the massive object could be hiding among the stars of Monoceros.
This is Gaia BH1, the closest known black hole to Earth
Dormant black hole Gaia BH1 lies only 1,600 lightyears away, making it the closest known black hole to Earth.
That's no moon. It's a spinning supermassive 'Death Star' black hole shooting powerful beams across the Universe
Death Star black holes are so-called because rotate and firing their beams at different targets, like the Star Wars space station
Astronomers see star devoured by black hole, surviving and coming back for seconds. And there's a twist...
AT2018fyk a tidal disruption event in which a supermassive black hole devoured a star, then came back for seconds
This tiny red dot may have solved the mystery of strange signals in deep space, at the dawn of the Universe
The discovery of the mysterious X-ray dot known as 3DHST-AEGIS-12014, what scientists think it could be and how it relates to black holes.
Scientists thought there was a black hole at the centre of our Galaxy. It turns out it may be something even stranger
Could the 'black hole' at the centre of our Galaxy actually be dark matter?
Think black holes are black? They're some of the brightest objects in the Universe. Here's why
If black holes are black, how can they give off light?
White holes explained
We've all heard of black holes. But what about white holes? Could they really exist?
When enormous black holes collide, something happens that scientists can't explain
There is an unsolved problem surrounding the merging of supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies.
Astronomers discovered the biggest explosion in the Universe, and it came from a supermassive black hole
The biggest explosion ever recorded created a cosmic bubble 1.5 million lightyears wide in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.
Astronomers may have found a solo black hole wandering through space
Could there be solo black holes roaming the Universe? New evidence suggests so.
Can a black hole die?
We can predict the fate of black holes by understanding a process called Hawking Radiation.
Scientists get clearest view ever of star collapsing into a black hole. And they very nearly missed it
Strange infrared glow found in archival data from a defunct NASA mission
Flare as bright as 10 trillion Suns caused by supermassive black hole consuming an enormous star
Supermassive black holes don't seem to make sense. But the mystery may be solved, and the answer is catastrophic
This is the first ever image of two black holes circling each other. We're witnessing science history being made
Astronomers discover what would happen if our Sun wandered too close to a black hole
A growing black hole needs to eat, and makes a mess when it does.
Black hole in our Galaxy is spinning so fast, it’s having a strange effect on time itself
The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning so fast it's warping spacetime, according to a study.
Scientists can't find the Universe's invisible glue. But it could be lots of tiny black holes. Here's why
Are tiny black holes the gravitational glue holding galaxies together?
