A new prototype telescope at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory south of Tucson could soon be part of an ambitious plan to better study gamma rays, the high-energy form of electromagnetic radiation ...

Since 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has captured cosmic wonders that would otherwise be hidden from human eyes. Galaxy Centaurus A hosts an enormous black hole dining on nearby matter.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A.