L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office's News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical ...

Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is "burping" ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

For years, scientists have theorized that some black holes could actually be wormholes, and a new study shows that this space-time mimicry could in fact be possible.

Space-time curvature around a black hole might sound abstract, but understanding it is crucial to grasp the nature of these cosmic giants. Using the Schwarzschild metric, we can model how gravity ...

Comparisons between black holes and the cosmology of our universe make some sense —after all, both contain singularities of a sort and horizons beyond which we can’t hope to glimpse.

It’s the largest black hole jet we’ve discovered to date. What makes this particular jet so exciting for astronomers is not only its size. It’s also estimated to be 1.2 billion years old.

Plunging into a black hole reveals a breathtaking spectacle where intense gravity twists space-time and plasma disks blaze in vibrant blue, spinning nearly at light speed. Experience surreal ...