Global telescope creates exquisite map of black hole’s swirling magnetic field. The Event Horizon Telescope’s newest images of M87’s supermassive black hole hint at how its jets are fired far into space.

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Vanguard 1: Earth’s oldest artificial satellite that's still in orbit

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LightSail 2 becomes the first spacecraft to change its orbit using only sunlight. The success not only proves the effectiveness of solar sails, but also opens up a new, more cost-effective way to propel small spacecraft.

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Earth just got blasted with the highest-energy photons ever recorded. The gamma rays, which clocked in at well over 100 tera-electronvolts (10 times what LHC can produce) seem to originate from a pulsar lurking in the heart of the Crab Nebula.

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Could quantum mechanics explain the existence of space-time?

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Radio jets from the Milky Way’s black hole could be pointing right at Earth

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The Jesuit astronomer who conceived of the Big Bang

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AI detects 72 fast radio bursts from a distant, unknown source

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