The most recent discoveries in our universe.
The sharpest-ever Sunspot image
This is the first sunspot image taken by the NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope’s Wave Front Correction context viewer.
The Dramatic moment of Arecibo Observatory Collapse – video
Watch in a drone video the moment Puerto Rico’s famous Arecibo Observatory, one of the largest in the world, collapses after a cable snapped.
Stellar Motion for the next 1.6 million Years
This is the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way ever made, created from data collected by ESA’s Gaia observatory.
No More Sun
What if Earth got kicked out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth…
Earth may be surrounded by Hairy Dark Matter
This illustration shows Earth surrounded by theoretical filaments of dark matter called “hairs.” The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought.
It’s Black Hole Friday
A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.
The Human Brain resembles the Universe
An astrophysicist and a neurosurgeon found that the human brain has similarities to our Universe and they teamed up on a new galaxy-brain theory.
Colors of the Moon
What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged
Europa glows in the dark
Radiation from Jupiter makes its moon Europa, to glow.
Seeing the Beginning of Time
Astronomers have begun one of the most far-reaching efforts to study the cosmos, as part of a historic quest: to peer into space and time.