Black holes

A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.
Alistair Jennings, Contributor
This month: Black holes and stellar revolutions.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
We have now seen what we thought was unseeable, team says.
Catherine Meyers, Editor
We look back in space-time this month to herald a new year.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Images of far away, misty nebulas and lurking black holes haunt us this month.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Enjoy the drama of supermassive black holes, colliding planets and glittering “starscapes.”
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
This month we appreciate how images can take us on a journey to better understand the universe.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Physicists speculate that decaying neutrons may be producing particles unknown to science that make up the elusive dark matter.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Peer into the most massive black holes in the universe and marvel at extreme solar flares this month.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
New theoretical model predicts stars that fail to go supernovae may still not go gentle into that good night.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
The giant black hole is one of the biggest ever observed from this far back in time.
Ramin Skibba, Contributor
A new theoretical model shows how miniature black holes devouring neutron stars from the inside might create heavy elements.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor