# Natural Sciences

### Research Team Discovers Path to Razor-Sharp Black Hole Images

March 18, 2020
Last April, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) sparked international excitement when it unveiled the first image of a black hole. Today, a team of researchers have published new calculations that predict a striking and intricate substructure within black hole images from extreme gravitational light bending...

### Paper Sheds Light on Infant Universe and Origin of Matter

March 10, 2020
A new study, conducted to better understand the origin of the universe, has provided insight into some of the most enduring questions in fundamental physics: How can the Standard Model of particle physics be extended to explain the cosmological excess of matter over antimatter? What...

### Freeman J. Dyson (1923–2020), Scientist and Writer, Who Dreamt Among the Stars, Dies at 96

February 28, 2020
Freeman J. Dyson , theoretical physicist and writer, who embraced the stunning diversity of the universe with unique spirit, died on February 28, 2020 in a hospital near Princeton, NJ at the age of 96. Dyson generated revolutionary scientific insights, including calculations bridging the...