The universe is crowded with black holes, astronomers predict

Astronomers have presented one of the most complete models of matter in the universe and predict hundreds of massive black hole mergers each year observable with the second generation of gravitational wave detectors.

For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves

Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.

Dark Matter May Be Made Up of Black Holes

Now, some astronomers are beginning to think that dark matter is actually made up of ancient black holes formed during the first second of our universe's existence.

Wormholes Might Burrow Through Black Hole Cores

Remove the singularity and a wormhole appears in the center of a black hole -- but is it traversable?

Supermassive black holes in 'red geyser' galaxies cause galactic warming

Scientists are solving one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in galaxy evolution. Scientists have uncovered a new class of galaxies, called "red geysers," with supermassive black hole winds so hot and energetic that stars can't form.

Measuring a black hole 660 million times as massive as our sun

It's about 660 million times as massive as our sun, and a cloud of gas circles it at about 1.1 million mph. This supermassive black hole sits at the center of a galaxy dubbed NGC 1332, which is 73 million light years from Earth.

Size of monster black hole formed by trio of colliding galaxies stuns scientists

Three colliding spiral galaxies 1.8 billion light years from Earth have produced a monster black hole weighing in at 3 billion times the mass of the Sun

From IT to black holes: Nano-control of light pioneers new paths

Breakthrough chip for nano-manipulation of light paves way for next generation optical technologies and enables deeper understanding of black holes

Monster black hole discovered in unlikely galaxy

Astronomers find a monster black hole 17 billion times more massive than the sun, raising suspicions supermassive black holes may be more common than first thought.

Ten Trillion-Degree Quasar Astonishes Astronomers

A newly deployed space telescope has struck pay dirt almost immediately, discovering a quasar - a superheated region of dust and gas around a black hole - that is releasing jets at least seventy times hotter than was thought possible.

Mystery rays traced to giant black hole at galactic centre

Alien rays from outer space, which pass through our bodies every second of every day, have been traced to their source – a super-massive black hole that lies at the heart of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, German and Australian scientists have discovered.

LIGO Chirp - The Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding

Gravitational waves sent out from a pair of colliding black holes have been converted to sound waves, as heard in this animation.

Black holes banish matter into cosmic voids

Using a computer simulation, astronomers probe the ‘cosmic web’ of the universe, its honeycomb-like structure on the largest scales.

This Five-Dimensional Black Hole Could Collapse Albert Einstein's General Relativity

Scientists in the U.K. share a five-dimensional black hole simulation model that could ‘break’ the general relativity of Albert Einstein, the very foundation of modern physics.

Black hole observatory launched from Japan

The H-2A rocket flies into the sunset sky over the Tanegashima Space Center at 0845 GMT (3:45 a.m. EST; 5:45 p.m. local time