Einstein believed that black holes didn't really exist. But they do: that much we know. We don't know much else about them.

XMM-Newton proved particularly critical to studying Ansky’s behavior, since it is the only telescope sensitive enough to capture fainter background X-ray light amid the black hole’s stronger X ...

A black hole in a distant galaxy has kept astronomers hooked to its quasiperiodic eruption activity, which is not a regular phenomenon.

Because the pore stays open, the trapped material turns black when it’s exposed to air—this ... a special kind of charcoal that’s been heated to create tiny holes. These holes help trap things like ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending ...

"This pushes our models to their limits and challenges our existing ideas about how these X-ray flashes are being generated." ...

A mysterious black hole in a distant galaxy just woke up after decades of silence—and it’s putting on a cosmic light show! ESA’s XMM-Newton and other X-ray telescopes are capturing massive bursts of ...

It became possible to monitor a feasting and erupting supermassive black hole in real time. "The bursts of X-rays from Ansky are ten times longer and ten times more luminous than what we see from ...

Soon, many beautiful Black students will be leaving their undergraduate ... Believe it or not, many worked in these things called cubicles. Working from home was a luxury few enjoyed, then the ...

For its third year, the Black Women in Food Summit is celebrating ... Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. In an interview with WTOP, Oduro said, “Whether ...