Rare Solar Eclipse
Rare Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across Atlantic, Africa (Photos) A rare solar eclipse that began as a “ring of fire” and transformed into a spectacular total eclipse of the sun amazed skywatchers from North...
Category: Astronomy
Neutrinos from another galaxy?
Antarctic Experiment Possibly Detects Particles from Another Galaxy I don’t get to write hyperbolic science fiction titles very often, but I couldn’t resist this one. Even if it’s not entirely accurate; in reality the...
Why is the Sun so perfectly round?
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2012/08/the-suns-almost-perfectly-round-shape-baffles-scientists
Dark Matter Filament Studied for the First Time
ESA Science & Technology: Dark matter filament studied in 3D for the first time [heic1215] Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have studied a giant filament of dark matter in 3D for the...
Physicists create sonic black hole in the lab
(PhysOrg.com) — Black holes get their name because they absorb all incoming light, and are so dense that none of that light can escape their event horizon. In a new study, scientists have...