Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. To measure the masses and ...

Imagine you want to measure the size of a room, but it’s completely dark. If you shout, you can tell if the space you’re in is relatively big or small, depending on how long it takes to hear the echo ...

Scientists have charted the environment surrounding a stellar-mass black hole that is 10 times the mass of the Sun using NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) payload aboard the ...

"We are sitting in the front row to observe these unique cosmic fireworks at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Stunning array of 400 rings in a 'reflection' nebula solves a 30-year-old star-formation mystery — Space photo of the week Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the week ...

BFA Visual and Critical Studies presents an exhibition of mixed media artworks by Alika Feldman (BFA 2023 Illustration), Marina Korenfeld (BFA 1996 Interior Design), and BFA Visual and Critical ...