NASA has released a new animation of a black hole that shows how gravity can skew light, distorting how humans see it. The agency compared it to looking in a "carnival mirror." A black hole's gravity ...

In the 1960s, the United States and the then-Soviet Union were engaged in an all-out race for the Moon. The contest for supremacy in space was documented in the documentary The Space Race, streaming ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a runaway supermassive black hole. Video Credit: Black Hole Animation NASA’s ...

Black holes are big. But just how big are they compared to something like our Sun? That's what NASA's latest animation aims to answer. The new black hole animation showcases some of the universe's ...

Scientists may know more about black holes today than ever before, but that doesn't make them any easier to see. By their very nature, black holes swallow up light that gets too close, and the best ...

Black holes continue to amaze us for an endless number of reasons. The celestial objects are furious feasters of gas and they send ripples through the fabric of spacetime. Now, in another ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A stunning new animation from NASA shows the entrancing dance of two monster black holes in orbit ...

Black holes are dubbed “black” because their inescapable tug of gravity on light renders them invisible to the naked eye. Scientists can, however, look at the distorted spacetime around a black hole ...

Samsung makes some interesting use of the punch-hole cutouts on its smartphones. It lets you launch the camera simply by swiping down from the front camera cut out. An animated ring also illuminates ...