A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to ...

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have ...

Black holes are like sharks. Elegant, simple, scarier in the popular imagination than they deserve, and possibly lurking in deep, dark places all around us. Their very blackness makes it hard to ...

A new type of black hole has the entire science community talking. This black hole can supposedly consume an entire extrasolar planet (exoplanet), something that researchers have never seen before.

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine. When matter spirals inward, falling into its grasp, the black hole doesn't just ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

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Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small black hole tried to pass through your body?