For astronomers, finding a new black hole orbiting an aged red dwarf star is an exciting find in itself, but when that black hole seems to be a "missing link" stellar-mass black hole, you can crank ...

Using the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope, astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole already noted for its mysterious behavior demonstrating another strange phenomenon. The Massachusetts ...

Astronomers have cracked the case of a mysterious repeating radio signal that has been a mystery since it was uncovered last ...

An artist’s concept of a white dwarf orbiting a supermassive black hole and shedding matter NASA / Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy is once again ...

Supermassive black holes are not picky eaters. They placidly sit at the center of galaxies, but if material gets too close, ...

if you were somehow also in that orbit, would there be significant time-dilation effects relative to earth at that speed? Is this a dumb question? Click to expand... Not a dumb question. It's ...

Unlike giant stars that explode into a supernova and collapse into a black hole, a medium star like Earth's sun just keeps on trucking until it runs out of nuclear fuel, suffering a more prolonged ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a red dwarf (left) and a white dwarf (center) orbiting each other. . | Credit: ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...