Black hole thermodynamics: A history from Penrose to Hawking

Neutron star collisions are 'goldmine' of heavy elements. A study in Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that in the last 2.5 billion years, more heavy metals were produced in collisions between two neutron stars, than in mergers between a neutron star and a black hole.

Some supermassive black holes may contain fingerprints from the Big Bang

Arctic wildfires threatening North America’s black spruce trees