It was spotted in the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, around 31 million light-years from our solar system in the constellation Leo.

Gauging the mass of a black hole is tricky, but astronomers have devised multiple methods to measure the heft of these galactic gluttons ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they ...

New fear unlocked: spontaneous black hole implosion. Fresh research predicts that planets may be able to accumulate enough dark matter to suddenly form a black hole at their core. As the ...

A plane flying near a black hole would first be pulled by immense gravity, then torn apart by tidal forces, and ultimately stretched into spaghetti.

"We're really pushing the boundaries of what current technology can detect." A team of astronomers says it has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed — a cosmic heavyweight that ...