South Pole Telescope

image of Centaurus A galaxy and a box zoomed in to show the faint image taken by the EHT of a jet coming from the center

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole

Black Hole

New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow

Simons Observatory at the Atacama Desert in Chile

UChicago to partner with Berkeley Lab to build next-gen cosmic microwave background experiment

Atacama Telescope

New view of nature’s oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe’s age

South Pole Telescope - Aurora

Leftover Big Bang light helps calculate how massive faraway galaxies are

Phoenix galaxy cluster

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens

South Pole Telescope

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

First image of supermassive black hole

UChicago scientists help capture first image of a black hole

South Pole Telescope

Lecture series to examine the cosmos and how telescopes are made

South Pole Telescope

Next-gen camera for South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe