The Event Horizon Telescope only recently gave us the first images of the environment immediately surrounding a black hole.

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For years, dark matter has puzzled scientists, lurking in the universe’s vast expanse yet eluding direct detection. This ...

Physicists have taken a new approach to whether all black holes conform to Einstein’s theory of general relativity or if ...

Researchers are using black hole “shadow” images to test whether Einstein’s relativity remains unshakable. With ...

Physicists developed a method to test Einstein’s general relativity precisely where black hole shadow images reveal potential ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

As New Horizons passed Pluto in July 2015, did the dwarf planet alter the probe's trajectory? Douglas KaupaCouncil Bluffs, ...

Scientists have discovered that dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff," obeys gravity on vast cosmological scales. This could help to dismiss the possibility of a fifth fundamental force ...

“We showed that if black hole morsels are created during mergers, they would produce a burst of high-energy gamma rays, with the delay time related to their mass,” Dr. Cacciapaglia said. “Our analysis ...

McKim Observatory still houses many of its original instruments, including a 9.53 inch Clark Refractor telescope, a meridian transit telescope, and a gravity driven chronograph. Missing from the early ...