It is one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that has long been sought by astronomers.
Telescope
Extraordinary black hole found in neighboring galaxy
January 24, 2022
SDSS-V’s robots turn their eyes to the sky
January 13, 2022
After 21 years of observers loading heavy aluminum plates night after night, the cosmos are now visible through robotic eyes.
Watch launch of biggest, most powerful telescope
December 23, 2021
U astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
New effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
May 25, 2021
The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.
U scientists detect Crab Nebula
June 1, 2020
Faculty and staff from the Department of Physics & Astronomy were members on the international team that detected gamma rays via a new telescope.
Capturing the colors of the cosmos
October 31, 2019
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is a new robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” designed to explore the mystery of dark energy, which makes up about 68% of the universe and is speeding up its expansion.