An international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics have proved Einstein was correct about a key prediction ...

Scientists have proven one of Einstein’s theories, finding evidence that a plunging-region around black holes not only exists ...

Over 100 years on, scientists have finally confirmed one of Albert Einstein's theories about the nature of black holes. In ...

"This represents an exciting new development in the study of black holes," astrophysicist Andrew Mummery said.

Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that so-called 'plunging regions' around black holes would accelerate ...

Einstein in 1915 predicted that as matter gets close to a black hole, it will plunge straight in due to the massive force of ...

Oxford scientists have proven one of Einstein’s theories, finding evidence that a plunging-region around black holes not only exists, but ...

A new study by an international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics has provided the first observational ...

A black hole pulling material from a companion star towards it, forming a disc that rotates around the black hole before falling into it. Credit: NASA / CXC/ M. Weiss. Scientists have made a ...

For the first time, astronomers have observed the area right at the edge of a black hole where matter stops orbiting and ...

"Think of it like a river turning into a waterfall — hitherto, we have been looking at the river. This is our first sight of ...

The detailed mechanics of how matter falls down onto a black hole from outside the event horizon have been revealed in a new ...