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Senior research scientist and Boston University astronomy professor, Svetlana Jorstad, was chosen to work on the project responsible for getting the first image of a black hole.
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BU astronomers help take first images of black hole

Sarah Readdean April 25, 2019

Two Boston University professors became part of a historic feat this month, when, along with over 200 researchers from institutions around the world, they helped create the very first image of a black...

BU professors offered their theories on the end of the world Thursday night at “AAAHHH! It’s the Apocalypse,” a discussion at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House. PHOTO COURTESY NOSHA/FLICKR

Apocalyptic theories, misconceptions revealed during BU panel

Tia Simawang February 17, 2016

From monstrous floods to fiery flames, discussion of the apocalypse in modern media has been nothing short of dramatic. The idea of an apocalyptic end has amounted to visions of terror over the years....

Boston University researchers found that astronomical jets driven by the sun control the heliosphere, which could affect space travel. PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA

BU researcher proposes new view of heliosphere

Keri McAlpine February 25, 2015

Researchers from Boston University and the University of Maryland published a study Thursday that offers an alternative view of the heliosphere, the area between the sun and outside the solar system,...

BU professors hail evidence of cosmic inflation as ‘most exciting’ astronomical discovery in 15 years

Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2014

When you hear about the Big Bang, what do you think? Do you worry about having missed last night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory? Well, then you must have had quite a week given that the cosmological...

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