Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

Scientists may have finally uncovered the mystery behind ultra-high-energy cosmic rays — the most powerful particles known in ...

Carreau "Just as the moon pulls tides on Earth, a black hole tugs on a star ... An illustration of a star passing close to a black hole and being tidally disrupted without being totally destroyed.

A new study has suggested some of the universe's oldest black holes pass our cosmic neighbourhood at least once every decade, moving planets in their wake. And if scientists can detect them, it would ...

A new study has suggested some of the universe's oldest black holes pass our cosmic neighbourhood at least once every decade, moving planets in their wake. And if scientists can detect them, it would ...

DC's Final Crisis featured many heroes, but it's an unexpected villain who may truly have been who saved everything.

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It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across ...

The author discusses his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures,” and the discourse around racial subjectivity.

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