Black holes are infamous for being invisible. But thanks to a new technique from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team, ...

Black holes are some of the most fascinating and well-studied objects in the universe, known for their immense gravitational pull that even light cannot escape. But what about white holes, their ...

The University of Alabama and Tuskegee University were two colleges that used funding from a grant that has been terminated.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd spurred global protests, it is imperative that institutions continue to confront ...

When the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel spouts white smoke, it means that the Catholic Church officially has a new pope. White smoke tends to be a sign that a fire is creating gas or water vapor. It ...

As telescopes gaze into space, they also peer back in time. Starlight takes years—sometimes billions—to reach Earth, letting ...

It might seem unfathomable, but that mind-boggling max age for the universe is far lower than the previously predicted 10 ...

New calculations suggest that the universe's most enduring celestial objects, such as white dwarf stars, are decaying faster ...

Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are ...

As white smoke billowed from the famous chimney, billions recognized the unmistakable symbol: a decision had been made. The ...

Let's take a look at the science. The tradition of cardinals ... by formalizing the practice of fumata nera (black smoke) and fumata bianca (white smoke). Initially, damp straw and tar were ...