Packing all of that bulk—many times the mass of our own sun—into such a tiny point gives black holes their powerful gravitational pull. Thousands of these stellar-mass black holes may lurk ...

A stellar mass black hole (BH) binary system consists of a BH with a mass function in range 5 – 100Msun with a companion star (all stellar species from dwarves to giants). Most of these binaries have ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered ...

Astronomers used Chandra and VLBA to study 16 supermassive black holes, revealing jets that changed direction significantly over millions of years. Stellar-mass black holes form when massive stars ...

Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Omega Centauri is a massive star cluster with ...

Using JWST data, researchers found that some black holes accounted for nearly 10% of their galaxy's stellar mass—far exceeding the 0.01% ratio seen in modern galaxies. The findings challenge ...

Unlike with stellar mass black holes, one would not experience significant tidal force until very deep into the black hole.

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Illustration shows the merger of two black holes and the ...