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Celebrate the EHT’s black hole breakthrough with these free posters

Download free high-res posters showcasing the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration and the groundbreaking image it attained of the M87 black hole.

Black hole breakthrough: astronomers release landmark image

Humanity’s first look at a black hole has been released by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, a globe-spanning consortium of researchers from...

Unmasking a monster: the EHT’s historic first image

Science writer Ian O'Neill explores the remarkable scientific ingenuity and collaboration required to capture humanity's first glimpse of a black hole --...

Neutron star collision sparks new era of discovery

It came. We saw. Science conquered. When the LIGO-Virgo collaboration detected a gravitational wave with a telltale signature on August 17, they...

Earth-sized telescope seeks “monsters in the night”

The globe-spanning Event Horizon Telescope is focussed with extreme precision at the black hole in the centre of our galaxy.

Fascinating facts about NASA’s next big thing

For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has given humanity an incredible eyepiece on the universe, but it is beginning to reach its...

Big discoveries to come from small experiments?

The discovery of the Higgs boson — one of the most monumental achievements in modern physics — required the 27-kilometre, multi-billion-dollar Large...

10 fascinating facts about the world’s most powerful telescope

It's a telescope as big as the Earth, aimed at some of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe.

PI Kids are Asking: What’s the deal with those waves?

LIGO’s historic detection of gravitational waves produced a flood of questions from curious youngsters. Good thing the Inside the Perimeter team is...

Gravitational waves detected, new era of astronomy begins

Evidence of “ripples in spacetime” detected by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration marks the dawn of gravitational wave astronomy, say Perimeter researchers.

The most beautiful garden in the world

I recently visited one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. It is a garden without flowers or exotic trees. It...