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JWST interferometric imaging reveals the dusty torus obscuring the supermassive black hole of Circinus galaxy

January 15, 2026

Observations Circinus was observed (ID: 4611; PI: Lopez-Rodriguez, E.) on 20240715 and 20250427 using the Aperture Masking Interferometry…

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The visionary physicist who gave us a new way to view the cosmos

December 9, 2025

Earlier this year, Tony Tyson got a sneak preview of the first images taken by the brand-new Vera…

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Surprise ‘tail’ found on an iconic galaxy may rewrite its history

November 8, 2025

Galaxy M61 sports a long stellar stream, which had not been spotted before now.Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin…

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Mysterious ‘little red dots’ are baffling astronomers. What are they?

October 16, 2025

An artist’s impression of a black hole star, the explanation favoured by many astronomers for the little red…

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black-hole breakthroughs will ‘only get better’

September 12, 2025

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) facility, in Hanford, Washington.Credit: IMAGO/Xinhua via Alamy Ten years after the historic…

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Clearest gravitational wave detection yet confirms Hawking’s black hole theory

September 10, 2025

The merger of one black hole (artist’s illustration) with another created gravitational waves detected in January by the…