NASA Visualization Shows Black Holes Dancing with Stars

The First Image of a Black Hole and Its Shadow

The first image ever taken of a black hole. This is Messier 87, as seen by the Event Horizon Telescope (image released in April 2019). Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The Case for Tracking Everything

If every step taken, hour slept, and heartbeat can be measured, recorded, and analyzed, are we taking control of our health or losing the plot entirely?

Gadgets Claire Maldarelli Apr 15

Watch a Comet Get Torn Apart by the Sun and Become a Headless Ghost

Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) didn't survive its close encounter with the Sun, ruining its chances of brightening up the night skies.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Apr 10

Perseids Radiant Credit Preston Dyches Cc By Nc 2 0

Scientist Spots New Meteor Shower Linked to a Disintegrating Asteroid

Astronomer Patrick M. Shober found a new meteor shower—and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun.

Space & Spaceflight Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation Apr 10

The artistic rendering shows the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, from which two powerful jets emanate. The supermassive black hole at the centre, whose existence was already known, partially bends the light from the jet behind it into a so-called Einstein ring.

Unprecedented Observation Reveals 2 Supermassive Black Holes Locked in a Tight Death Spiral

New research describes an unexpected double jet in a distant galaxy, revealing a pair of supermassive black holes on the verge of colliding.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Apr 7

A Cosmic ‘Dead Zone’ for Black Holes Is Real, New Evidence Suggests

LIGO dropped a ton of new data, and astronomers are having a field day.

Space & Spaceflight Gayoung Lee Apr 1

Asteroid Ryugu Contains All 5 DNA and RNA Building Blocks, Study Shows

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life on our planet.

Space & Spaceflight Ellyn Lapointe Mar 16