July 21, 2020 28 'cocooned' black holes found hiding in plain sight More than two dozen missing "cocooned" black holes have been rediscovered, after researchers took a new look at X-ray maps of the sky. All of these singularities had been misclassified as distant galaxies or other types of black holes.
July 20, 2020 NEOWISE comet spotted over Windsor Castle in incredible photo Just days after a photographer captured the comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge, another photographer snapped an image of the celestial body over another iconic U.K. site, Windsor Castle.
July 16, 2020 Sun gets close-up in historic new NASA pictures NASA has released the closest-ever pictures of the sun, which were captured by the agency's Solar Orbiter.
July 16, 2020 Comet NEOWISE surprises some stargazers with two tails As stargazers try to catch a glimpse of NEOWISE as it soars across the nighttime sky, careful viewers may notice the comet has not one but two tails trailing behind it.
July 15, 2020 Thermonuclear blast sends star hurtling across our galaxy Researchers found evidence of a star blasting itself out of its orbit with another star in a “partial supernova.”
July 15, 2020 Comet NEOWISE may have sodium tail, new images suggest The NEWOWISE comet has excited researchers since it was first discovered in March. Now, new images of the celestial object reveal it may have a sodium tail.
July 15, 2020 The universe's clock might have bigger ticks than we imagine The smallest conceivable length of time might be no larger than a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second. That's according to a new theory describing the implications of the universe having a fundamental clock-like property whose ticks would interact with our best atomic timepieces.
July 15, 2020 Astronomers discover huge galactic wall hidden behind Milky Way Scientists have discovered a celestial structure made of galaxies more than 1.4 billion light-years long and 600 million deep in the skies over the South Pole that until recently had never been seen, according to a report.
July 14, 2020 NEOWISE comet seen with Northern Lights in stunning image The NEOWISE comet has been delighting skygazers around the world this month – with photographers turning their lenses upward and capturing it above landmarks across the Northern Hemisphere.
July 14, 2020 NEOWISE comet spotted streaking over Stonehenge in incredible picture A photographer captured a remarkable image of the NEOWISE comet streaking over Stonehenge this past Friday.
