In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

Astrophotographer spies a spiral galaxy bursting with starbirth (photo) ...

Hidden in the heart of Florida, far from the mouse ears and beach umbrellas that dominate the state’s postcard racks, lies a slice of paradise that feels like stepping into a time machine set for ...

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

Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang.

In a breakthrough, a team of computational astrophysicists has developed the most comprehensive model ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that ...