UK astronomers get front-row seats for groundbreaking movie of the cosmos
The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.
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Einstein’s theory of relativity reveals lonely black hole
A lonely stellar-mass black hole has been discovered for the first time by a team of scientists that involved the critical expertise of researchers at the University of St Andrews.
Supermassive black holes cause galactic warming
St Andrews astronomer helps solve billion-year-old mystery
Mystery of young stars near black holes solved
Scottish team make important discovery using computer simulations.
Black holes not black after all
International scientists have used flowing water to simulate a black hole, testing Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are not black after all.
Black holes made of light
'Milestone' development may allow researchers to test Professor Stephen Hawking's radiation theory.
A matter of darkness
A new study into where the normal matter produced by the Big Bang is today, has discovered that twenty percent has already turned into stars.