In a breakthrough, a team of computational astrophysicists has developed the most comprehensive model of luminous black hole accretion to date. The team used two of the world’s most powerful ...

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were witnessing something special. The cosmic flash GRB 250702B was no ...

This image shows the gas density in a two-dimensional cross-section of an accreting black hole. Brighter areas represent regions of higher density. Near the black hole, the accretion flow forms a ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

An international research team led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University has discovered an extraordinary quasar in the early universe that hosts one of the fastest-growing ...

Accretion onto neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes in binary systems powers some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. Matter transferred from a companion star forms a geometrically ...

"We're seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole's accretion flow." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Astronomers at the University of Warwick have discovered that black holes don't just consume matter—they manage it, choosing whether to blast it into space as high-speed jets or sweep it away in vast ...