In a groundbreaking follow-up to their 2019 reveal of the first black hole image, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team has ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

"This is the first solid evidence that helical magnetic fields can explain astrophysical jets at different scales." ...

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The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

For optical astronomy, the space station will be accompanied by the Xuntian telescope, which can be translated to “survey the ...

The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the ...

Astrophysics and space research have fascinated humanity for centuries, unlocking secrets of the universe and driving ...