Magnetic fields twist around the black hole as it rotates to store energy – kind of like when you pull and twist a rubber band. When you release the rubber band, it snaps forward. Similarly, the ...

Despite the bounce and subsequent expansion, nothing can leave the event horizon, so it expands into a new region of ...

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." The galaxy next door to the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), could be hiding a ...

Taking a closer look at how plasma flowed at the surface of the sun, Burns and colleagues also found a surprising similarity to the immediate environments of black holes. A strange connection ...