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This trilobite was equipped with a 'hyper-eye' never seen before in the animal kingdom
By Joanna Thompson published
Trilobite with "hyper compound eyes" could see through hundreds of lenses, new X-ray study reveals.
Rare pink manta ray caught courting lady friend Down Under
By Laura Geggel published
Photos of a bright pink manta ray have gone viral after the Pepto-Bismol-colored creature was spotted swimming near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Thermonuclear Explosion in Sagittarius Constellation Is One of the Brightest Ever Recorded
By Brandon Specktor published
NASA astronomers have detected one of the brightest explosions of X-ray energy ever seen, and they think it came from a greedy neutron star in the Sagittarius constellation.
Scientists Take First-Ever Image of a Faint Swirling Ring of Hydrogen Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
This cool cloud dances around the giant cosmic beast.
Here's What the Universe Looks Like in X-Rays
By Brandon Specktor published
In NASA's new treasure map of the universe, X-ray marks the spot.
30 'Homeless' Binary Stars Spotted Drifting in the Void Outside Any Known Galaxy
By Brandon Specktor published
The universe may be full of binary stars that have been exiled from their home galaxies, thanks to one star's rowdy behavior.
Scientists Have Created a Sound So Loud It Can Vaporize Water on Contact
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists have used an X-ray laser to create the loudest possible underwater sound on Earth.
Mysterious Mummy Taken from Peru a Century Ago Was the Body of a Teen Boy
By Mindy Weisberger published
Brought to Pennsylvania from Peru in the early 1900s, the mummy's origins are murky.
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