Astronomers at last have captured a picture of one of the most secretive entities in the…
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Expected Soon: First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole
Have astronomers finally recorded an image of a black hole? The world will know on Wednesday.
Apocalypse Next? Astronomers Find a Chunk of Planet Around a Distant, Dead Star
A disk of debris around a faraway white dwarf offers a glimpse of our own planet’s…
Out There: When Sky & Telescope Had No Limit
A venerable astronomy magazine goes on the auction block, and a writer who grew up there…
Out There: Cut the Science Budget? Not So Fast
Contrary to first impressions, Congress has done a decent job standing up for scientific research.
Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in…
Trilobites: Andromeda Is Coming for Our Milky Way Galaxy, Eventually
Traveling at 68 miles per second, a nearby galaxy is still coming to consume us, just…
Out There: Apollo 8’s Earthrise: The Shot Seen Round the World
Half a century ago today, a photograph from the moon helped humans rediscover Earth.
Riccardo Giacconi, Explorer of the Universe Through X-Rays, Dies at 87
A Nobel laureate, he traced the X-rays emitted by black holes, exploding stars and other violent…
11 Things We’d Really Like to Know: Does the Universe Still Need Einstein?
Physicists are no longer unified in the search for a unified theory.