With the arrival of Africa’s next radio telescope, Namibia sees a new dawn in astronomy By Tatyana Woodall / May 11, 2022
This kilonova could have created the first-ever extragalactic ‘sonic boom’ By Maggie Galloway / Mar 2, 2022
Albert Einstein and Hubble may have helped us find an invisible black hole By Adam McMaster and Andrew Norton / The Conversation / Feb 8, 2022
Black holes have a reputation as devourers. But they can help spawn stars, too. By Shi En Kim / Jan 19, 2022
NASA’s Chandra spacecraft spies clover-shaped voids left by supermassive black holes By Leto Sapunar / Dec 30, 2021
Astronomers may have an origin story for ‘The Cow,’ a mysteriously powerful cosmic blast By Leto Sapunar / Dec 19, 2021
Astronomers recorded a whopping 35 gravitational wave events in just 5 months By Hannah Seo / Nov 9, 2021
Blindingly bright black holes could help cosmologists see deeper into the universe’s past By Charlie Wood / Sep 16, 2021
Flickering light could help astronomers weigh supermassive black holes By Charlie Wood / Aug 12, 2021
Black hole jets got some stellar glam shots thanks to this giant telescope By Charlie Wood / Jul 21, 2021
Astronomers may have found the surprisingly elusive medium-sized black hole By Charlie Wood / Apr 5, 2021
Astronomers used telescopic ‘sunglasses’ to photograph a black hole’s magnetic field By Charlie Wood / Mar 26, 2021
Ask Us Anything: What would happen if you fell into a black hole? By Claire Maldarelli , Jessica Boddy / Mar 25, 2021
Astronomers have traced mysterious radio waves to a source in our own galaxy By Charlie Wood / Nov 4, 2020
Astronomers caught a black hole slurping up a star like spaghetti By Paola Rosa-Aquino / Oct 19, 2020
The Nobel Prize in physics honors insights on black holes—including the one in our own galaxy By Jessica Boddy / Oct 6, 2020
These two celestial bodies share a heartbeat, puzzling scientists By Paola Rosa-Aquino / Aug 24, 2020
Elon Musk insists his satellite swarm won’t interfere with science. This model disagrees. By Charlie Wood / Mar 19, 2020
This year, space stole all the headlines. Here are our favorite stories By Charlie Wood / Dec 23, 2019
There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole By Charlie Wood / Oct 25, 2019
Here’s how life could thrive on a planet orbiting a black hole—and other alternative suns By Charlie Wood / Oct 18, 2019
That groundbreaking photo of a black hole has raised some mighty big questions By Neel V. Patel / Oct 11, 2019
How scientists saw the ‘invisible’—and captured the first image of a black hole By Neel V. Patel / Apr 10, 2019
Supermassive black holes sometimes go on feeding frenzies—here’s how they know it’s time for dinner By Neel V. Patel / Jan 22, 2019
Astronomy’s next big discovery is probably hiding in piles of old data By Eileen Meyer/The Conversation / May 15, 2018
In his first PopSci appearance, a young Stephen Hawking explains an incredible discovery By Peter Gwynne / Jan 8, 2018
Astronomers just discovered a supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe By Mary Beth Griggs / Dec 8, 2017
Scientists found something surprising at the heart of these jellyfish galaxies By Mary Beth Griggs / Aug 16, 2017
This Earth-size virtual telescope could take the first picture of a black hole By Sarah Fecht / Apr 6, 2017
Scientist Thinks He’s Proven Hawking’s Theory That Black Holes Glow By Ryan F. Mandelbaum / Aug 15, 2016