"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple ...

Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have uncovered a major clue in the mystery of how black holes produce ...

A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored images that could reveal their dynamic evolution in real time. By compensating ...

Black holes are considered cosmic gluttons, from which not even light can escape. That is also why the images of black holes at the center of the galaxy M87 and our Milky Way, published a few years ...

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of distant galactic centers. Using light at a frequency of 345 GHz, they’ve peered ...

M87 lies at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, about 55 million light-years from Earth. The black hole, with a mass ...

Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

In 2017, a network of radio telescopes around the world joined forces for an ambitious goal: to study the mysteries of black holes and the powerful jets they unleash. This project, called the Event ...

Dhruv Shenai speaks to students from the Institute of Astronomy about the pioneering research that hopes to deepen our ...