Fuzzy first photo of a black hole gets a sharp makeover

Fuzzy first photo of a black hole gets a sharp makeover

The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now. Originally released in 2019, the unprecedented historic image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 captured an essentially invisible celestial object using direct imaging. The image presented the first direct visual evidence that black holes…

NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used since 1981

NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used since 1981

After a brief pause in communications with Voyager 1, NASA re-established a connection with the interstellar spacecraft located more than 15 billion miles away from Earth, using a frequency not used more than forty years. Communication between NASA and Voyager 1 has been spotty at times. In fact, the spacecraft stopped sending readable data to…