A galaxy named GS-10578 is known by the aphorism “Live fast, die young.” A majority of its stars formed between 12.5 and 11.5 ...

A twisting black hole jet is pushing gas across a star-forming galaxy, revealing how black holes can reshape disks from the ...

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were witnessing something special. The cosmic flash GRB 250702B was no ...

Sound: vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear. Seems like sound to me. Merge big enough black holes close enough and the ...

Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright supermassive black holes. The system is cataloged as J1218/1219+1035 and is ...

For the first time, scientists believe they have detected a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits. According to a paper published in Nature Astronomy by researchers from Rochester Institute ...

In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach ...