In 2014, a NASA telescope observed that the infrared light emitted by a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy gradually grew brighter. The star glowed more intensely with infrared light for around ...

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

The Congressional Black Caucus documentary 'The Conscience of the Congress,' directed by David M. Massey, is now in production.

The “Life Within the Lens” series is back at the Music Box Theatre for Black History Month, along with the “Sunday’s Best” series at Facets.

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that ...

The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints. Instead, they fed on the energy of the ancient cosmos to grow supermassive.

When the James Webb Space Telescope sent its first high-definition infrared images back to Earth, astronomers noticed several tiny, glowing, crimson stains. These objects, quickly named “Little Red ...

In the fall of 2021, filmmaker Kim A. Snyder came upon a news story about Texas State Sen. Matt Kraus and the list of 850 books he thought should be pulled from school libraries. Texas Gov. Greg ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered new evidence that sheds light on what scientists know about black holes. Launched more than four years ago, the infrared observatory, and successor to the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy ...

For the past few years, astronomers have grappled with a cosmic enigma first revealed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Practically everywhere JWST looked in the sky’s distant depths, ...