“Seeing” a Black Hole

Every visualization you’ve ever seen of a black hole has been an illustration. As Vox points out, the closest the scientific community has ever come to seeing one was through last year’s observation of “spacetime-warping gravitational waves radiating” from the billion-year-old collision of two black holes. This is because black holes are small, far away, dark and surrounded by bright things. Now, however, a planet-sized …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Square watermelons, an auction for change, drip-free wine bottles and more

1. IKEA’s Art Event 2017 Diverse, bold and colorful limited edition prints by 12 different artists will be available as part of IKEA’s Art Event 2017. The likes of Amandine Urruty, Jean Jullien, Yasuto Sasada, Steve Harrington and more have contributed artworks—making it an international project; from Japan to Sweden, the States, France and elsewhere. The furniture giant’s aim for Art Event is to make …

NASA’s New Searchable Media Library

Most individuals transfixed by the cosmos know what it’s like to fall into an internet black hole of space imagery and articles. Now, thanks to NASA, a 140,000 file database of photos, videos and audio is available. NASA refers to this search engine and its media as a living website. New materials will continue to be added, allowing visitors to search outer space with the …