Space

Religion and astronomy may not overlap often. But a new NASA X-ray image captures a celestial object that resembles the "Hand of God." This image by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, depicts a pulsar wind...

Green flashes from the Sun at sunset are a rare phenomenon, but even rarer are green flashes from a setting Moon. With the unique atmospheric conditions at Storulvån, Sweden, Göran Strand was able to capture...

Have you ever wondered if the universe is actually just a holographic projection? While it sounds crazy, Dr. Ian O'Neill and Trace explain why scientists are experimenting to find out if the universe is a...

Fractal patterns and the golden ratio have been discovered in outer space for the very first time. The strange Golden RR Lyrae stars expand and contract according to the golden ratio and create fractal patterns. The...

According to data collected by the telescope Green Bank, a giant cloud of hydrogen is hurtling towards our galaxy. And their collision will cause an awesome explosion of stars.   A huge cloud of hydrogen is hurtling...

You probably wonder what these strange glowing clouds spotted above Siberia on December 15, 2014 are! This is rocket art! The mysterious cloud formation appeared just minutes after a Proton-M was launched from the Baikonur...

An intergalactic flying saucer is heading towards Earth... And this alien spaceship was spotted by an astrophysicist analyzing images from outer space! This image of an intergalactic flying saucer is just weird. Really! But sometimes, such weird phenomena...

These five incredible photos are real, but what about our interpretations? Do they show signs of bizarre alien life or are we simply seeing what we want to see? Here are five pictures that I would...

Can you tell me what happened when What comet Siding Springs buzzed Mars on Oct. 19, 2014? Well NASA has recorded one of the most spectacular Martian meteor shower ever! On Friday, NASA held a press...

This is the kind of very lucky shot that astronomers are looking for every day. Look at these red sprites captured as a lucky break in the thunderstorm clouds formed over Croatia, yesterday! High above Earth...

This haunting picture of the International Space Station really looks like an alien spaceship traveling toward Earth! This beautiful Space picture was captured by Ralf Vandebergh on October 16, 2014 over The Netherlands in...

NASA's robot spaceprobe Voyager 1, took this closeup image of the surface of Jupiter's crater scarred moon Callisto in 1979. A mysterious chain of craters is seen to extend diagonally across the image (upper...

NGC 7293 - The Helix Nebula's animated Gif This multispectral animation ranges from the Far Infrared (FIR) to Far Ultraviolet (FUV) + X ray. And the result is so powerful! This amazing gif of the Helix Nebula...

The Curiosity Rover has, once again, spotted a mystery round rock at the surface of Mars. The finding highlights how unusual rock formations on Mars can be. Learn what caused it and what it was...

Scientists want to use the Moon as a giant cosmic ray detector to decipher one of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics: The ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays. The signals of these particles (the most energetic in the...

Rosetta selfie: Yes, selfies are no longer just a human trend. After the Mars Curiosity Rover, Rosetta took a photo of itself in the outer space. The Rosetta Spacecraft was designed to orbit and land on comet...

Do you know what are superclusters? They are the biggest structures in the Universe but still mysterious to scientists. Learn more about our home supercluster called Laniakea (‘immeasurable heaven’) Superclusters – regions of space that are densely...

Dead star resurrection! This is the first time that a dead star re-ignites before exploding! A blaze of glory rarely seen in the universe. Astronomers have proven for the first time that dead stars, known as...

There may be itsy-bitsy aliens among us. Scientists discover first interstellar grains in the material collected by Stardust! If confirmed, this would be the world's first sampling of contemporary interstellar dust. These dust particles have surprisingly...

This eerie nature phenomena photo features the bioluminescence galactic glow. Yes, a glowing blue ocean and the Milky Way! Just that! I find this picture extremely beautiful. The blue color glowing into the dark skies is...

Although the sun is extremely quiet, space weather continues and amazes us! High above thunderstorm clouds, red sprites coming from the edge of space were photographed dancing over New Mexico. Harald Edens photographed this deep blood-red...

This is not the first scientific publication about mysterious signals from outer space, but this radio-burst discovery deepens astrophysics mystery! Scientists have recently captured, using the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, the first “fast radio...

This photo is not that of a sunset but actually of a SUNRISE! Weird, no? How come is the sky blue and not colored in different shades of orange, yellow, red and purple? The sunrise...

Astronauts orbiting Earth aboard of the International Space Station sometimes witness incredible phenomena happening on our planet that are invisible to us! This intense lightning storm filmed over Houston is one of these amazing moments. These hypnotic...

What are these two mysterious lines on satellite image of Nebraska? Any ideas? NASA's Terra satellite captured two odd lines over Nebraska, recently. But what are they actually? You probably remember the twin tornadoes that swept...

It is not the first unknown and mysterious space signal captured from outer space, but it is the latest to date! NASA and ESA scientists have detected an intriguing X-ray signal coming from the Perseus galaxy...

Astronomers scouring through images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft last year have discovered a fleeting bright spot in one of the seas of Saturn’s moon, Titan. The intriguing feature, which has been coined "Magic Island,"...

This is what the ship that allows us to explore the galaxy will look like. And it is freaking awesome! As shown in the pictures, the design involves a sleek ship nestled at the center of...

In the Milky Way there’s a single X-ray binary — a system consisting of a black hole capturing and heating material from an orbiting companion star — known as Cygnus X-1. But 30 million...

Look at this awesomeness! These are amazing photographs of Saturn over the Andes. You even see its rings! Wow! This is a foretaste of a photoalbum which is under construction linking scientific and photographic work. It should come...

Have you ever heard about the WOW! signal? The "Wow!" Signal picked up by a SETI experiment at Ohio State University in 1977 often gets mentioned, as it was the first time an ambiguous and...

A welcome sign? The surface of Mars is full of natural hearts everywhere! We love you guys! As reported by Chris Hadfield, the surface of Mars is literally covered by natural heart-shaped craters. Why do all have...

Nasa has captured one of the most active aurora ever seen on Saturn. Researchers say the incredible video, based on photographs from Hubble and Cassini, gives the 'best look yet' at the phenomenon on other...

Could you imagine a star 3,600 times larger than our Sun? Introducing Hypergiant VY Canis Majoris. You want a fascinating fact? Our Sun is approximately 1,000,000 times more massive than the Earth (and here look...

Tired of northern lights and storm timelapses? Watch these videos and rediscover the beauty of Aurora Borelis and the eerie awesomeness of ferocious lightning storms! You probably have seen too many different storm and aurora...

Now there are two. But billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain. Until then, spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 will slowly pull each other apart, creating tides...

This image features a black hole so massive and powerful that that it destroys the stars around it before they can even form. There are many unusual occurrences in space that mankind constantly seeks to gain...

Astronauts plan to install tracker on International Space Station (ISS) to monitor bird mass migrations as a warning tool for impending natural disasters. We have already gone deeply into the possible natural signs before an...

A mysterious Martian rock that appeared in front of the Opportunity rover within days has left scientists scratching their heads. The rover, which landed on Mars in 2004, hasn't moved in over a month as...

Has the space junk in Earth orbit really reached a dangerous tipping point? Space is a vast and often empty place, but within our own orbit, things are getting pretty crowded. There are millions of...