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Mysteries of Jupiter's Dazzling Auroras Highlighted in Fascinating Video
By Calla Cofield published
Jupiter's northern and southern lights continue to dazzle — and puzzle — the scientists who study them, as highlighted in a new video from NASA.

Caught In the Act! Five Black Hole Couples Found Merging (Videos)
By Jesse Emspak published
Astronomers have pinpointed five pairs of merging black holes using three different space and ground-based instruments and two sky surveys.

2 Neutron Stars Collided, So Are They a Black Hole Now?
By Harrison Tasoff published
Scientists detected gravitational waves from merging neutron stars. What have they become now?

White Dwarf's Pull on Red Giant Triggers Thermonuclear Blasts (Video)
By Kasandra Brabaw published
A new video shows the explosive reaction when a dense stellar corpse sucks up material from a pulsating dead star.

Telescope All-Star Team Feasts on Crab Nebula with Spectacular Results
By Hanneke Weitering published

Gigantic X-Ray Tsunami Rolls Through Galaxy Cluster (Video, Photos)
By Mike Wall published
A wave of hot gas twice as wide as the Milky Way galaxy roils the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster, a new study indicates.

Monster Black Hole Gorges on Record-Setting Meal
By Mike Wall published
A supermassive black hole has been gobbling up a star for more than a decade — about 10 times longer than any previously known such meal, a new study finds.
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