What lurks at the center of a black hole? Studying the space-time ripples from black hole collisions could reveal an answer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Despite being “black” and a “hole”, a black hole is not a dark, empty space. In his theory of relativity, Einstein predicted ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The singularities at the centers of ...

Can we do away with the troublesome singularity at the heart of black holes? A new paper in JCAP reimagines these extreme objects in light of current knowledge. “Hic sunt leones,” remarks Stefano ...

Black hole science in 2025 did not advance in gentle increments. It lurched forward in giant steps, from record shattering ...

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the US have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves ...

Black holes, those gravitational monsters so named because no light can escape their clutches, are by far the most mysterious objects in the universe. But a new theory proposes that black holes may ...

David Blair receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In 2017, astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole for the first time. Gravitational wave detectors picked up the ripples in ...