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![Screenshot of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wtbN8SgpwgU9XY38EPpd2V-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
See the entire 'ring of fire' eclipse in 4 seconds in stunning satellite videos
By Robert Lea published
The NOAA satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth on Saturday, Oct. 14.
![A fuzzy image of a comet's coma shaped like a pair of horns](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6R4QmtUhedsAJHGNdrUigL-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
City-size comet racing toward Earth regrows 'horns' after massive volcanic eruption
By Harry Baker published
The cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons–Brooks, which will make its closest approach to Earth next year, has re-sprouted its distinctive "horns" after its second major eruption in four months.
![A 2 week observation through the optic eye of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory revealed this sturning explosion occurring in the super massive black hole at the Milky Way's center, known as Sagittarius A or Sgr A*. Huge lobes of 20-million degree Centigrade gas ( red loops in image) flank both sides of the black hole and extend over dozens of light years indicating that enormous explosions occurred several times over the last 10 thousand years.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5in8tNNvRpXaevXvJ3E7ei-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Mysterious 'fountain of youth' near Milky Way's central black hole is full of newborn stars that shouldn't exist
By Briley Lewis published
New James Webb Space Telescope observations might be able to explain why clusters of young stars keep turning up near the Milky Way’s central black hole.
![An artist's illustration of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZgNnWtw4J6a6od9SpERnUi-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe smashes record for fastest man-made object
By Tia Ghose, Brandon Specktor published
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has reached a record-breaking speed as it gets a gravitational assist from Venus to fall closer to the sun's scorching surface.
![The Soul Nebula, with a star-forming "tadpole" in the upper center left.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h4YZJvgbDjVhDiRWsTYHJ-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cosmic tadpole' in a sea of red
By Jamie Carter published
Amid the Soul Nebula's harsh red light, a cocoon of gas holds baby stars in the making in this ethereal new Hubble telescope image.
![Photos of an annular total solar eclipse (left) and a total solar eclipse (right). Note that the annular eclipse is shown with a dark background, as it is only safe to view with protection – you can see how a small portion of the Sun is still visible as the ring around the Moon. On the right, you can see the Sun’s wispy corona, visible only during totality itself, when the Moon completely – or totally - hides the Sun from view.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ioqLAQ4nY7qmyVHfZjtQrn-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
NASA will fire 3 rockets directly at the solar eclipse on Saturday. Here's why.
By Brandon Specktor published
NASA researchers plan to launch three rockets carrying scientific instruments toward the moon's shadow on Oct. 14, to study changes in the atmosphere brought about by the annular solar eclipse.
![Seagulls flying above a beach in Kuwait City during the partial solar eclipse event. on December 26, 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/23c6GLLwaiNHZY4Ee35LgD-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
10 weird things that happen during a solar eclipse
By Joanna Thompson published
Eclipses can be strange. Here are some of the weird things you can expect to experience during the Oct. 14 partial eclipse.
![An illustration of the Gaia spacecraft as it makes its observations.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Yne5kmYsqtaS8sp4KpUYK-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Gaia spacecraft reveals 'goldmine' of over 500,000 undiscovered stars
By Robert Lea published
The European Space Agency's Gaia telescope revealed half a million newfound stars, and detailed the orbits of over 150,000 asteroids.
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