A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' ...

No explosive birth needed: The discovery suggests this black hole likely formed through direct collapse, a quiet implosion ...

A new discovery has surfaced, wherein the first-ever solitary black hole has been revealed in the Sagittarius constellation.

Most people know that black holes are kind of scary. Admittedly, that's true, but black holes are so much more than that.

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

In a baffling cosmic mystery, astronomers have reported a star that appeared to vanish without a trace. One night it was there, shining bright—and the next, it was gone. No explosion, no fading, no ...