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Inside Chernobyl's mega tomb that protects the world from deadly radiation

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Inside Chernobyl's mega tomb that protects the world from deadly radiation

On April 26, 1986, the horrific Chernobyl nuclear disaster humanity unfolded in a corner of Russia, and has continued to have a devastating impact for many years Take a look inside radioactive ruins of Chernobyl’s reactor no. 4 More than three decades on, the world’s worst-ever nuclear disaster is still having a devastating impact. More … Read more

Earth-Spanning Telescope Takes Unprecedented Image of Black Hole Spewing Radiation

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Earth-Spanning Telescope Takes Unprecedented Image of Black Hole Spewing Radiation

Zoom in on the jet with the black hole and watch it in different radio wavelengths reveals more detailed structures. Statue: J.Y. Kim, Boston University Blazar program and the EHT collaboration. (MPIfR) A worldwide network of telescopes has produced an image of a beam of radio waves that seems to come out the center of … Read more