Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the brightest explosions in the universe. In just a few seconds, they can outshine all the stars ...

In April 2019, the world witnessed the first-ever image of a black hole, unveiling M87*, a supermassive black hole at the ...

A supermassive black hole lurking at the center of M87, a supergiant galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth, is acting far ...

Newly released images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 show that the plasma that swirls around ...

Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice is a flexoelectric material, capable of generating electricity when bent or ...

The polarization pattern around M87* — the first black hole to be directly imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope — has changed direction, and scientists aren't sure why.

New observations of M87*, the first black hole ever imaged, revealed that the supermassive blackhole has experienced several magnetic flips in the last decade.

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The experimental layout of the sender Alice and the receiver Bob. Alice’s setup contains the excitation and collection setup of the single photon source, and a Sagnac-like polarization modulator for ...

Researchers have discovered that PSR B1937+21's incredible rotation speed is due to its process of accreting material from a ...