Black holes like the one shown in this illustration can grow astonishingly massive by feeding on immense amounts of matter. But just how big can they get? In the early 1960s astronomers discovered a ...

Earth-based LIGO observatories have detected the most massive black hole smashup ever via gravitational waves. On November 23, 2023, this powerful event was detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This blue horseshoe is a distant galaxy magnified and distorted by the strong gravitational pull ...

A black hole with a mass equivalent to 36 billion suns-10,000 times heavier than the one at the center of the Milky Way-has been discovered around 5 billion light-years from Earth. It may be the ...

Scientists in the United States have discovered the biggest-known merger of two black holes using gravitational wave detectors. The scientific findings from the collision, which was recorded in ...

Researchers believe the 'ultramassive' black hole is big enough to be the largest of its kind ever detected. Black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light ...

"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...

"This is amongst the top 10 most massive black holes ever discovered, and quite possibly the most massive." About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive ...