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

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 ...

Black holes have always been the divas of the cosmos. They are some of the most powerful and mysterious objects […] ...

The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it ...

CNN examined 10 years of shootings on K-12 campuses across the US. The numbers we found reveal some sobering and surprising ...

The West Springfield police are seeking information about a woman who attempted to shoplift, got into a physical altercation, ...

Police in Franklin, Massachusetts, are investigating after a temple and signs were vandalized with red paint, and a swastika was found scrawled on a sidewalk in another part of town.