ways
Page: 6
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, an international collaboration aimed at gathering direct images of black holes, has now set its sights close to home. In a May 12 announcement, EHT researchers presented the first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Earth’s home galaxy. The announcement […]
Katie Bouman, an assistant professor at Caltech University, on May 12, 2022 at a press conference in Washington, DC, to reveal the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. At just 33 years old, Caltech assistant professor Katie Bouman is already a veteran of two major scientific discoveries. The expert […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely […]
When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black girl receive special education services because she had difficulty reading. However, her mother disagreed. When I asked her why, she explained that she, too, was identified as having a learning disability […]
Kawhi Leonard in a video for New Balance’s “Conversations Amongst Us” campaign. (Screenshot/YouTube) Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Unless you’re a sneakerhead or into urban fashion stylings, you might not be aware that New Balance has been killing the collaboration game over […]
A federal advisory committee of outside experts is meeting Wednesday to help fashion the U.S. coronavirus vaccine strategy for the rest of the year, amid growing evidence that new variants have eroded the power of the existing vaccines.
American Red Cross teams have been actively responding to multiple tornado and wildfire events in places like Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana over the past week. Forecasts say these same southern states may see more destructive storms and critical wildfire conditions are expected across the Plains throughout the week. The Red Cross offers tips people should […]
On November 3, the United States Department of Commerce announced it was blacklisting the Israeli technology firm, NSO Group. The decision to add the company to a list of entities engaging in activities contrary to US national security or foreign policy interests was momentous. In its press release on the subject, the commerce department noted: […]
Everyone I know or am evenly dimly aware of now falls into one of these two categories. There is no middle ground, and no easy way to avoid the question, especially during a holiday like Thanksgiving. I count myself firmly in the vaccinated group, forced to keep my distance from the nearly 20 percent of […]
Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images Warning: This article contains spoilers about the film The Harder They Fall, now streaming on Netflix. Through its rich visuals and storylines, “The Harder They Fall,” a western film portraying a fictionalized rivalry between the Nat Love Gang and Rufus Black, holds a mirror up to a number of modern-day issues […]