It seems plausible that our solution could hold true for three or even four black holes, opening up a whole range of possibilities.' Binary black holes may be more stable than scientists had ...

The discovery of these binary stars, which are estimated to be only 2.7 million years old, is a significant step toward ...

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave observatory (aLIGO) 1 has confidently observed gravitational waves (GWs) from two binary black hole (BBH) mergers, GW150914 (ref. 2 ...

"Normally, it seems that galaxies with lighter black hole pairs have enough stars and mass to drive the two together quickly. But the binary has scoured the central galaxy of such matter ...

Astronomers have detected a binary star system orbiting Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO / S. Guisard Just on the outskirts of a supermassive black hole ...