Black holes

Black holes can swallow matter, and they grow by accreting gas, dust and even the occasional star. But are they the vacuum-mouthed monsters they are often presented to be?

Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable 'burping' bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.

Almost every galaxy in the universe has a supermassive black hole at its center. So why is it so hard to find young black holes actively feeding?

Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give the mysterious objects their long-sought 'hair.'

Astronomers studied the remains of a massive star ripped apart by a black hole in an epic astro-forensic murder investigation.

The puzzle of how supermassive black holes grew so large just after the Big Bang could soon be solved.

Black holes can swallow stars, planets and even merge with other black holes, but could a massive one swallow the entire universe?

Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.

NASA has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets straight toward Earth. Don't worry, though, this blazar is located 400 million light-years away.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.