The most recent discoveries in our universe.
Mercury Solar Transit 2016
The planet Mercury transits across the face of the sun Monday, May 9, 2016, as viewed from Boyertown, Pennsylvania, is seen in silhouette at lower third of
An Unusual Spot on the Sun
Can you see this small unusual spot on the Sun? If you look closely, it is almost perfectly round…
Black Holes possible lead us to another Universe
Famous theoretical cosmologist Stephen W. Hawking, said: “Things can get out of a black hole, both from the outside and possible through another universe.”
The incredible 2016 Best Data Stories videos
These are the winners of the inaugural 2016 Data Stories videos, highlighting the most creative scientific stories.
Zooming into the Center of Our Galaxy
This 40 seconds video sequence zooms into the Hubble Space Telescope view of the galactic core. The center of the Milky Way…
Three Potentially Nearby Habitable Worlds
Three potentially habitable worlds found around nearby ultracool dwarf star, the best place to search for life beyond the Solar System.
Green Meteor over Southern California
The camera capture the meteor that was sparking a lot and had a green light to it, over Southern California. Watch it at the video…
‘Light Echoes’ used to study Protoplanetary Disks
Astronomers used a method called “photo-reverberation,” also known as “light echoes,” to determine the distance from a star to the inner rim of its surrounding protoplanetary disk.
Hubble sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble
The impressive Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7653, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, on February 25/26, 2016. Watch the video…
Impressive Visualization of the Universe
The cosmic web, the universe as a set of discrete galaxies held together by gravity, is deeply ingrained in cosmology.