An interstellar probe sent to a black hole could complete its journey and send data back to Earth in less than a century – if we can find a black hole close enough. Cosimo Bambi at Fudan University in ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way could be home to as many as 100 million stellar-mass black holes, but much about these giant celestial phenomena remains a mystery. Now, an astronomer believes it may ...

Unravel the mind-bending science and emotional twists behind Cooper's daring escape from the black hole in Interstellar.

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Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond.

What kind of physics is happening inside a black hole? Scientists have a lot of ideas, but taking any concrete measurements is borderline impossible—that is, unless you want to be spaghettified or ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists say humans could indeed enter a black hole to study it. Of course, the human in question couldn’t report their findings—or ever come back.