A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed up by a pulp-era sci-fi writer. Which, ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

In the world of astrophysics, Stephen Hawking’s predictions about black holes have always sparked fascination and debate.

Over 13 billion years of cosmic history hinge on one extraordinary fact: a black hole weighing up to 300 million Suns was already fully formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. Its light has ...

Winding through stands of rhododendron and alongside gentle streams, it delivers maximum scenic payoff for minimal exertion. For those seeking more adventure, the Potato Knob Trail challenges hikers ...

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have uncovered the turbulent past of a distant red ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...