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

Hollywood films aren't always known for having realistic scenarios. So how do scientists work with some of the biggest productions to bring real science to science fiction?

It's almost impossible for a longtime film director to have never created a bad movie. However, these 15 seem to have managed ...

Scientists captured the first black hole image using the Event Horizon Telescope, combining multiple telescopes via Very Long Baseline Interferometry to create a powerful virtual telescope.

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar – a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you’d get sucked in by its ...

A stellar black hole has been identified in the Milky Way - Copyright AFP Menahem KAHANA A stellar black hole has been identified in the Milky Way - Copyright AFP ...

While the most egregious plot hole is obviously “Where’s the Joker?” given the real-life tragedy of Heath Ledger’s death, we totally understand why Christopher Nolan wouldn’t want to eve ...

This past April, a picture of a black hole, captured by a global network of telescopes, again transformed our perception of the cosmos. That image appeared in major newspapers around the world ...

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Q: If the gravity of a black hole is so strong that nothing can escape from it, not even light, how has the Hubble Space Telescope recorded images of gas jets ejected from black holes?

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no ...