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From missing links, to primordial beginnings, to extremely powerful plasma jets that could be shaping our universe in ...

For half a century, astrophysicists have been trying to solve the Black Hole Information Paradox—first explained by Stephen ...

The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...

A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.

As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a ...

Astronomers have identified a remarkable water reservoir in deep space, circling a huge quasar more than 12 billion ...

What knocked this black hole over onto its side? It's a cosmic "whodunnit" that NASA scientists using the Hubble and Chandra ...

Recent discoveries about black holes, including intermediate types and plasma jets, transform our cosmic understanding.

A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a ...

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

An ancient black hole had to take it easy after gorging itself on its local galaxy, offering hints at the exotic objects' ...