A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

Providing an introduction to the fascinating subject of black holes, this book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and first year postgraduates. It offers an introduction to the exact solutions of ...

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The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if ...

This idea, which we call the black hole universe, offers a radically different view of cosmic origins, yet it is grounded entirely in known physics and observations.

Sometimes a black hole is orbited by a neutron star—the dense corpse of a star also formed from a supernova explosion but which contains less mass than a black hole.

Supermassive black holes, known as quasars, shine like cosmic beacons due to the vast amounts of energy released as they actively consume matter from their surroundings. Even in the early Universe, ...

Each will carry a message from a time when space was only dimly lit, telling us how a modest black hole could launch a jet big enough to stretch across three Milky Ways and survive a 12-billion-year ...

Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.