Approaching a black hole unleashes extreme tidal forces, stretching and tearing apart matter, including planets like Earth, a phenomenon known as spaghettification. Time also slows dramatically due to ...

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive black hole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light Supermassive black holes are the monsters of the universe, so it is perhaps only ...

Glinda’s lack of magical abilities makes it impossible for her to enchant the ruby slippers to send Dorothy back to Kansas. Glinda’s ultimate resolution is emotional, particularly considering her ...

Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small black hole tried to pass through your body? An article by Professor of Physics ...

A new simulation could help solve one of astronomy’s longstanding mysteries—how supermassive black holes formed so rapidly—along with a new one: What are the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) ...

This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30 times the mass of our Sun—to pieces. Scientists propose this is what happened around the ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This illustration provided by Caltech shows a ...

Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved. When you ...

A mysterious ring of light is thought to surround every black hole, and Alex Lupsasca wants to glimpse one for the first time. The tendril-thin halo, called a photon ring, has the power to reveal ...

EXCLUSIVE: Pocket.watch has greenlit a new entertainment series featuring a host of young creator talent, and Hulu is joining the ride down the Rabbit Hole. In the U.S., the show will be exclusive to ...

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark. To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of ...