Gravitational waves spotted by LIGO reveal two black holes, 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun, merged to become a 225 solar mass behemoth.

But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

Colors, sparks, booms and whistles all require different pyrotechnic recipes. chensiyuan/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA Paul E.

ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural Northern California caused a massive fire, sending ...

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold across space—all modeled with extreme detail using one of the world’s ...

These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...

The fireworks coming from the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way Scientists have discussed the power of black holes since their discovery in the 18th century, but what actually goes on in the ...

But if the core that remains, after all the fireworks, is greater than three or four times the mass of our Sun, it appears inevitable that the core will collapse into a "stellar-mass" black hole.

Black holes Cosmic fireworks: Scientists unveil the enigma behind explosive black hole phenomena A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has shed light on a supermassive black hole’s ...

Topline Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, a finding researchers said could reveal ...

A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy is creating a light show that’s intriguing astronomers. Flares of light have been observed in a disk orbiting the black hole ...

A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.