Scientists have observed a new type of black hole that is too heavy to have been born from a star but still too slim to … The ...

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The new president of Guernsey's Health and Social Care Committee (HSC) has conceded there was "no political oversight" of the ...

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"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility and other forecasters are divided over how strong UK growth will be. Who's right will ...

A team of scientists has developed a new model to study ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.