Tagged With Astrophysics

The Arecibo telescope's 900-ton platform has crashed into its disk below and destroyed the iconic radio observatory

Aylin Woodward, Dave Mosher, Morgan McFall-Johnsen

NASA patented a faster, cheaper route to the moon. The first spacecraft to use it could make Nobel Prize-winning discoveries about the universe.

Dave Mosher

Astrophysicists published the largest 3D map of the universe ever made, filling in 11 billion years of history

Susie Neilson

Betelgeuse likely won't die as a supernova in your life. But astronomers are finding 'red nova' stars that may soon violently explode.

Dave Mosher

An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got up to 50% more powerful by squeezing light

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Why astrophysicists think there's a black hole in our solar system

David Anderson, Bob Hunt

A mesmerising NASA animation shows how a nearby black hole would warp spacetime like a fun-house mirror

Aria Bendix

Scientists think they have observed a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. It made ripples in space and time, as Einstein predicted.

Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Scientists just released the first-ever photograph of a black hole. Some people think it looks like a 'smudge on the lens.'

Sinéad Baker

The first-ever picture of a black hole is fuzzy. These incredible illustrations help explain what it shows.

Dave Mosher

The first 'groundbreaking' pictures of a black hole may be unveiled on Wednesday. Here's what scientists think those images will look like.

Dave Mosher

An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein is about to turn back on — and it's more powerful than ever

Dave Mosher

A 'mind-boggling' telescope find has revealed the point of no return for our galaxy's monster black hole

Dave Mosher

NASA is about to 'touch' a star for the first time — here are the hellish conditions the Parker Solar Probe must survive

Dave Mosher

A ghostly particle detected in Antarctica has led astronomers to a super-massive spinning black hole called a 'blazar'

Dave Mosher

Scientists are solving the alien origins of Europium, a strange metal found in TVs, plastics, and lasers

Dave Mosher

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what Earth will look like in 500 years

Rob Ludacer, Darren Weaver

Newly discovered gravitational waves hint that 'cities' of black holes may lurk in space

Dave Mosher

NASA is about to launch the fastest spacecraft in history in a $1.5-billion attempt to 'touch the sun' for the first time

Dave Mosher

NASA released incredible new animations of a star that exploded with the energy of 100 million suns

Dave Mosher