For nearly two centuries, it was unclear that the bright spot in the constellation Virgo, which Charles Messier had described in 1781 as "87: Nebula without stars," was in fact a very large galaxy. As ...

The Chancellor seems to have forgotten the first rule of holes: when in one, stop digging - ADAM VAUGHAN/Shutterstock We’ve heard a lot about “fiscal black holes” over the past year. Feigning anger ...

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More than a century ago, astronomer Heber Curtis spotted the first black hole jet – a vast stream of superheated plasma from the supermassive behemoth that sits at the centre of galaxy M87. Now, the ...

Scientists have uncovered a dangerous hidden feature in Black Mamba venom that explains why antivenoms sometimes fail. The study revealed that several mamba species launch a dual neurological attack, ...

A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing. Using a chain of atoms in single file to simulate the event horizon of a black hole ...

A new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.

Rachel Reeves lit the fuse of another tax bombshell as Britons were put on notice for more painful hikes. The Chancellor all but revealed she will have no choice but to act to fill a £50billion black ...

Brits were put on high alert for another Labour tax bomb today as a minister admitted the manifesto promises on income tax, National Insurance and VAT might not last. No10 enforcer Darren Jones hinted ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...

In a significant potential shift for astrophysics, it turns out that some quasars may weigh as little as half what was previously believed. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...