In a remarkable stride forward for astrophysics, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the powerful MeerKAT ...

African students have spoken about a “profoundly impactful” conference they were able to attend thanks to University of Leeds ...

First Step on the Way to a Video of the Black Hole In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration made history by ...

Credit: South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO ... notes Anastasia Fialkov, a cosmologist and astrophysicist at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, England. Telescopes in space ...

We are just days away from Australia Day. I had in mind to update an essay I wrote for The Australian in 2014, The Shorter ...

Collaboration published the first image of a black hole, of M87* from the center of the galaxy M87. The measurement data on which the image was based was obtained in 2017. The EHT Collaboration has ...

Cañizales The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87. II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations, The EHT Collaboration, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 693, 22 January 2025 ...

From the total lunar eclipse in March to three epic supermoons this fall, these are the best celestial events of 2025 that are worth traveling for (plus one to look forward to in 2026!).

Mexican ecologist Valeria Souza Saldívar has experienced years of threats and intimidation, coming face to face with machete-wielding land defenders – all in the pursuit of science.

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The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and ...

NEW HAVEN, CT – Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan has been awarded the 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in recognition of her groundbreaking research in black holes and dark ...