Stories by Priyamvada Natarajan

Priyamvada Natarajan is a theoretical astrophysicist at Yale University whose research focuses on cosmology, gravitational lensing and black hole physics. Credit: Nick Higgins

Space & Physics

Dark Frontiers: The Science of Black Holes

How massive can black holes become? How do astronomers typically observe them? How do they die? Scientific American presents a conversation about these mysterious cosmic phenomena with Yale University astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan...

August 11, 2020 — Priyamvada Natarajan, Lee Billings, Sunya Bhutta, Jeffery DelViscio and Macarena Carrizosa

Black Holes

The Puzzle of the First Black Holes

Astronomers are puzzled about how the oldest supermassive black holes could have grown so big so early in cosmic history

March 8, 2018 — Priyamvada Natarajan