Physics
![The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape](/files/2019/04/resize-eso1907a-b-636x424.jpg)
Research that Rocks
12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019
![BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD](/files/2019/05/thumb-13-6846-RAMACHANDR-098-300x200.jpg)
Accolades
Siddharth Ramachandran
![The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration](/files/2019/04/eso1907a-b-636x371.jpg)
Astronomy
The First Black Hole Image Is Here
![A hand pulls back on a rubber band getting ready to "shoot" it from a lab machine as part of an experiment researching physics of shooting rubber bands and plucking guitar strings](/files/2019/01/thumb-rubber-band-physics-636x425.jpg)
Physics
Slingshot Surprise
![Masha Kamenetska, assistant professor of Physics at Boston University](/files/2018/10/Masha-Kamenetska-800-636x425.jpg)
Accolades
Masha Kamenetska
![Illustration of cardiac patch](/files/2017/07/h_research_Cardiac-patch-high-res-no-text-300x200.jpg)
Engineering
BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center
![Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences](/files/2016/11/h_research_16-10458-DARK-046-300x200.jpg)
Physics
What Is Dark Matter?
![Jennifer Balakrishnan wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship](/files/2016/11/t_16-10339-LUCEAWARD-006-636x425.jpg)
Mathematics & Statistics