A stellar-mass black hole 33 times heavier than the sun has been discovered only 2,000 light years from Earth, making it both ...

Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new details about how black holes form and spin.

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

A newly formed black hole, GW190412, was captured fleeing at 180,000 km/h; scientists track its entire cosmic trajectory for the first time.

Need a conversation starter? These fun, niche facts (from Cleopatra's timeline to chainsaws' surprising origin) will make you ...

If local exploration firm Fleet Space Technologies’ vision is realised, we will be mining rare minerals from asteroids in the ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large ...

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

Inside the brazen theft that shut down the world’s busiest museum –  and what might happen to the priceless jewels.

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The U.S. and China have been at odds over rare earth materials. In Rare Earth’s 1971 hit, “I Just Want to Celebrate,” there’s a line that goes “had my hand on the dollar bill and the dollar bill flew ...