Science
While scientists have known about black holes for decades, they’ve never actually been able to see one. As a black hole’s massive gravitational pull sucks everything, including light, towards it, scientists can only infer that they are present when mass is being sucked in a particular direction. The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration team used telescopes from all over the world to capture the image.
"It’s a visionary project to take the first photograph of a black hole," one scientist said.
Astronaut Anne McClain is being replaced by male colleague Nick Hague, NASA said.
Everything you’ve ever experienced, all your memories and identity, are contained in an incredibly complex but simultaneously frighteningly simple fleshy wet mass attached to your eyeballs
The only passenger is a life-size test dummy, named Ripley.
All in the name of science.
The Neolithic discovery was made by a mudlark.
This International Day for Women And Girls In Science, there is a lot to celebrate. The Department of Education released a report showing how efforts to encourage more girls into STEM subjects in school has led to a 25 percent in girls taking STEM subjects. At a higher level of education, women accounted for 54 percent of UK STEM postgraduates.
When I was a girl I gave up physics, feeling undervalued – thankfully things are changing for the better
Researchers say plummeting populations could threaten human existence if left unchecked.