black holes

If traversable wormholes exist, we could potentially detect their plasma blasts Rostislav Zatonskiy / Alamy Wormholes that are surrounded by …

Illustration of a black hole ripping gas from a star Stocktrek Images/Alamy A star appears to be locked in a …

When I heard Stephen Hawking extol the mysteries of black holes, I knew theoretical physics was what I wanted to …

Primordial black holes could take on intricate orbits inside the sun and similar stars Vitorio A. De Lorenci Our solar …

We’ve seen the waterfall of matter plunging into a black hole Buradaki / Alamy Stock Photo A strange area around …

Previously, physicists theorised that black holes are the fastest possible scramblers of information MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy When two quantum …

We may have a clearer understanding of why the accretion disc around large black holes is so bright Dana Berry/SkyWorks …

This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion star ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers …

An artist’s visualisation of a black hole varuna/Shutterstock We finally understand how black holes get their entropy. Physicists have been …

Artist’s impression of the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351 ESO/M. Kornmesser A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun has taken …