New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful ...

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.

For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal a new generation of ...

Physicists theorize our universe may have collided with another in the past, creating the Big Bang. Level two of the ...

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

Images of the cosmos, such as the James Webb Space Telescope’s deep space snapshot, make space look chock-full of stuff. In the grand scheme of things, it is, but all those stars, galaxies, planets, ...

Scientists now believe highly magnetised neutron stars, or magnetars, are a significant source of gold and other heavy ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astronomers taking a closer look at a cosmic showdown have spotted a ...

The ‘inflationary’ model of cosmology explains many large-scale features of the Universe as the result of a primordial period ...

"We showed that a void model is about one hundred million times more likely than a void-free model." Earth, its cosmic home the Milky Way, and even the very local region of universe around us could be ...