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inventory of the universe

Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe

22 April 2023

An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to supernovae, supermassive black holes and the cosmic web.
Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

21 June 2022

Astronomer Feryal Özel is one of the pioneers of black hole photography. With two pictures in the album, she explains what we have learned about these gravitational monsters - and what comes next

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