Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

As the Earth is buffeted by a stream escaping from a hole in the sun, those in the northernmost states may be in for a treat.

In May, a new achievement in the field of quantum science was published in the journal Science, with Chinese scientists ...

Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an ...

Using the X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), Indian astronomers have ...

Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

For the first time, NASA Chandra X-ray telescope has been used to discover a pair of black holes in dwarf galaxies that are ...

Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...