Dark matter could gather at the heart of Jupiter-sized worlds, eventually creating a black hole that eats its way out of its ...

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and ...

The newly confirmed supermassive black hole at the heart of CAPERS-LRD-z9 is known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the ...

Researchers suggest gas giants might gather dark matter until their cores collapse into planet-sized black holes.

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.

Theoretically, there's no limit to how massive a black hole could grow. In practical terms, other constraints, such as the ...

An international research team has reported remarkable findings from an XRISM observation of the black hole X-ray binary 4U ...

A new study has revealed an ultramassive black hole 5 billion light-years from Earth, changing the perspective on its formation.

The center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of the most fascinating and luminous regions in the universe, even though it houses a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*. This video ...

After years of follow-up study, an international research team led by the University of Texas at Austin’s Cosmic Frontier Center say they can now confirm CAPERS-LRD-z9 contains the oldest supermassive ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.