Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe. These hyper-dense celestial phenomena exert gravitational forces so powerful that not even light can escape their pull, and time itself is ...

So are there any stars that pose a threat to us? To estimate how close a supernova would have to be to cause serious damage to Earth, we must look at a supernova's destructive capabilities.

AI-generated representation of an accreting supermassive black hole, surrounded by gas spiraling toward it along the equatorial plane (the accretion disk) and emitting powerful winds of matter as it ...

Core package to analyze gravitational-wave data, find signals, and study their parameters. This package was used in the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GW150914), and is used in the ...

The plot then takes an unnecessary twist when it’s discovered that a black hole is headed to the solar system on a collision ...

At the heart of the galaxy lies a supermassive black hole with a mass equivalent to 9 billion suns ... ‘A Noah’s Ark for ...

Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer? Ooh, baby, can't you hear me moan? You caught me under false pretenses How long before you let me go? Ooh-woah, you set my soul alight Ooh-woah, you set my soul ...

Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom is trying to drill for uranium in Namibia. Farmers say a key aquifer is at risk.

Tar-sands-related tailings ponds in the Athabasca Oil Sands area are among the largest collections of toxic materials on Earth and lie in ... second largest excavated hole in the world, after ...