In the latest round of applications for the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants, two researchers from the University of Stuttgart impressed the European Research Council. Prof. Laura Na Liu is conducting ...

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.

Near Buffalo, across Lake Erie in Port Colborne, Ontario, sits a mind-bending visual phenomenon known as the "Incredible ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption event.

Two spacecraft, about 1.5 metres in size, synchronised so neatly in outer space that they managed to cover the Sun and create ...

Three biologists, a physicist and a health scientist from ETH Zurich have been awarded ERC Advanced Grants worth around 12 ...

Twin satellites fly 150 meters apart with millimeter precision, allowing detailed observation of the Sun's corona during long-lasting artificial eclipses.