A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously ...

Black holes, regions of immense gravity preventing light escape, were theoretically predicted by Einstein's general relativity and confirmed through observations of intense X-ray sources like Cygnus X ...

A team of computational astrophysicists has developed a simulation that explains the behavior of matter around black holes.

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of ...

A new mathematical model of a wormhole suggests that two black holes can be “cut and pasted.” Cut and paste is an official ...

The team used two of the most powerful supercomputers, capable of performing a quintillion operations per second.

A comprehensive set of simulations by Flatiron Institute astrophysicists and their colleagues revealed that magnetic fields are responsible for creating black holes with masses in a range previously ...

"If this turns out to be real, then it’s enormous." ...

Some of the brightest beacons in the universe share one hidden engine: matter falling into a black hole. As gas whirls inward ...

Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect? A new study published in Physical Review Letters suggests that black holes ...

If a new proposal by physicists bears out, the recent detection of a record-setting neutrino could be the first evidence of elusive Hawking radiation. (Nanowerk News) The last gasp of a primordial ...

One of the most notable aspects about our planet—if observed from the outside—is that it spins. Earth’s spin defines our days, setting the fundamental rhythm of life on our world. The moon spins, too.