How to Weigh a Black Hole

In a recent piece for my column The Universe, I wrote about the biggest black holes in the cosmos. Black holes are rather ...
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'Like trying to see fog in the dark': How strange pulses of energy are helping scientists build the ultimate map of the universe

Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, ...

The librarian who became Palomar’s first female telescope operator, and who discovered her own comets

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...
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Solar telescope offers chance to stargaze

Obtained by UB as part of a project to observe last year's total solar eclipse, the telescope will be used for education and ...

The Hestia Is a Portable Telescope for Your Next Backcountry Adventure

The idea of spending my evenings along the river peering into the heavens sounded fun, so I added a Hestia to my pack. Here’s ...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope spots white dwarf consuming Pluto-like feature

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...
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Studies On The Black Hole Delivery System Using NASA's Chandra X-Ray And Hubble Space Telescope

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A. H ...

KT Tunstall is hardly ‘Clueless’ about debut album’s impact on her career

KT Tunstall performs at the Kent Stage on Oct. 1, featuring songs from 2004 debut album "Eye to the Telescope." ...
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Supermassive black holes ‘may not be as massive as previously thought’

Astronomers have examined an infant galaxy 12 billion light years from Earth for the first time using a new powerful ...
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Could new comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) become visible to the naked eye in October? Here's what we know

Daniel W.E. Green at the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, suggests that comet SWAN will hover near magnitude of +6, ...

How is India planning to protect its satellites in space?

India plans "bodyguard satellites" to protect its fleet from collisions, cyberattacks, and geopolitical threats in space.

Astronomers Spot ‘Unexpected’ Bead and Star Patterns in Saturn’s Atmosphere

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope observed dark beads and lopsided star patterns drifting over Saturn’s ...