Astrophysics

Black holes seemed to come only in sizes small and XXL. A new search strategy has uncovered a black hole of “intermediate” mass, raising hopes of more to come.

A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out.

One black hole is nice, but astrophysicists can do a lot more science with 50 of them.

A new study shows that extreme black holes could break the famous “no-hair” theorem, and in a way that we could detect.

Small black holes were nowhere to be found, leading astronomers to wonder if they didn’t exist at all. Now a series of findings, including a “unicorn” black hole, has raised hopes of solving the decade-long mystery.

Three-dimensional supernova simulations have solved the mystery of why they explode at all.

For decades, astronomers debated whether a particular smudge was close-by and small, or distant and huge. A new X-ray map supports the massive option.

We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem.

Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the story of our galaxy.