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3 huge questions the black hole image didn't answer

April 11, 2019

3 huge questions the black hole image didn't answer

An international network of radio telescopes has produced the first-ever close-up image of a black hole's shadow, which scientists revealed this morning (April 10).

Katie Bouman is the 29-year-old scientist behind first image of black hole

April 11, 2019

Katie Bouman is the 29-year-old scientist behind first image of black hole

Katie Bouman reacted modestly to her sudden celebrity status this week, but the scientist whose graduate school work helped lead to the first real image of a black hole Wednesday, is getting her due.

First-ever black hole image revealed

April 10, 2019

First-ever black hole image revealed

Scientists have released the first ever image of a black hole, revealing the distant object in stunning detail.

Historic 'look' at first black hole

April 2, 2019

Historic 'look' at first black hole

The European Southern Observatory is taking a leaf out of NASA’s playbook: it’s teasing a ‘huge announcement’ next week. And while it hasn’t said what it is — it has revealed it will be the ‘first result from the Event Horizon Telescope’.

Meteor lights up the skies over Florida with bright flash

March 31, 2019

Meteor lights up the skies over Florida with bright flash

A mysterious fireball that lit up the skies over Northern Florida on Saturday night turned out to be a meteor that was picked up on weather radar, according to officials.

Universe quickly spawned stars after Big Bang, ancient galaxy shows

March 28, 2019

Universe quickly spawned stars after Big Bang, ancient galaxy shows

Observations of the most distant galaxy ever identified revealed traces of oxygen from at least one previous generation of stars, a sign that star formation got off to an early start.

Hubble Telescope reveals what 200 billion stars look like

March 27, 2019

Hubble Telescope reveals what 200 billion stars look like

Two incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies in all their shining glory.

World's largest atom smasher may have just found evidence for why our universe exists

March 26, 2019

World's largest atom smasher may have just found evidence for why our universe exists

For the first time ever, physicists at the world’s largest atom smasher have observed differences in the decay of particles and antiparticles containing a basic building block of matter, called the charm quark.

Astronomers find fossils of early universe stuffed in Milky Way's bulge

March 25, 2019

Astronomers find fossils of early universe stuffed in Milky Way's bulge

Astronomers peered into the dusky bulge of the Milky Way and found some of the oldest known stars in the universe.

Spinning star hurtles through space at 2.5 million Mph after swift kick from supernova

March 25, 2019

Spinning star hurtles through space at 2.5 million Mph after swift kick from supernova

Astronomers have clocked a pulsar careening through space at a mind-boggling 2.5 million mph (4 million km/h).