Astronomers famously snapped the first-ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now another ...

A new article published in The Astrophysical Journal explores a new theory of how Type Ia supernovae, the powerful stellar explosions that astronomers use to measure distances across the universe, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) announced ...

Adam McMaster receives funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council, DISCnet, and the Open University Space SRA. Andrew Norton has previously received funding from the UK Science & ...

There’s a “runaway” black hole is tearing through the universe — and NASA is calling it an “invisible monster on the loose.” “There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic ...

Hi Remy! Thank you for this great question. The short answer, unfortunately, is no. White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could exist, but we’ve never seen one, or even ...

White holes, which are theoretically the exact opposites of black holes, could constitute a major portion of the mysterious dark matter that's thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, a ...

In today’s bleak media landscape of legitimate news existing alongside rampant chatbot hallucinations and a social epidemic of disinformation, it should go without saying that you can’t believe ...