Photographer captures eerie red halo hovering over the Italian Alps in rare ‘elve’ sighting (photo)
An "elve" lasts for less than a thousandth of a second. (Image credit: Valter Binotto)For…
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Astrophotographer captures fiery plasma dancing above the sun in stunning close-up video
Astrophotographer Mark Johnston has captured a mesmerizing view of the sun, this time showing a…
JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87 galaxy’s supermassive black hole jet
For more than a century, astronomers have marveled at the brilliant jet of matter blasting…
Astrophotographer captures the gaping maw of a cosmic shark in stunning deep space image (photo)
A cosmic shark hunts through deep space. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher)Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher captured a…
Diagnosing Male Infertility with Adhesion Test That Captures Sperm Motility
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.The World Health Organization estimates that…
Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image
Astronomers have captured a breathtaking new image of thousands of galaxies, thanks to the Dark…
NASA’s Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
For twelve years, we've watched Curiosity crawl its way over the rocky surface of Mars,…
Astrophotographer captures stunningly detailed photos of our ‘fuzzy’ sun
These incredibly detailed images of the sun were captured by astrophotographer Mark Johnston from his…
Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system’s largest volcano
NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission at Mars, circled the Red Planet for the 100,000th…
NASA’s Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (video)
The four biggest moons of Jupiter aren't just blurry smudges in Galileo's telescope anymore.The Italian…