The photo above shows an artist's rendering of the recently discovered and extremely powerful super supernova ASASSN-15lh. (Beijing Planetarium/Jin Ma) Astronomers have bore witness to what is said to be the brightest star explosion ever, shining even brighter than the entire Milky Way. Thursday an international team revealed ASASSN-15lh, "," reports the Associated Press. The "super supernova" is considered to be especially rare and is more than twice as luminous as any supernova to date. The supernova was , with...

A flower has finally bloomed in space aboard the International Space Station, and as Matt Sampson explains, it could open the door to other possibilities. ...

The planets are about to align and put on a rare celestial show. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter, the five bright planets, will all be visible from Earth as they appear in an angled line starting Wednesday, Jan. 20. The site will appear just before dawn in a line that stretches from high in the north to low in the east though Feb. 20. This marks the all the planets will be able to be seen with the nake...

Skywatchers are in for a real treat this weekend, when the "Wolf Moon" is expected to make its annual appearance. Starting Saturday evening at 8:46 p.m. EST, the moon , according to EarthSky. In the Northern Hemisphere, the moon will take a high path across the sky, allowing for plenty of time to view if weather conditions allow. "The January 2016 full moon counts the second full moon after the December solstice," wrote EarthSky. "In North America, we often (refer...

China has officially announced its plans to push the envelope on lunar exploration: landing a probe on the dark side of the moon. The Chang’e-4 probe will be sent to explore , the official Xinhua news agency reported. Chang'e 3, China's first Moon lander, imaged by the Yutu rover. (China National Space Administration) “The Chang’e-4’s lander and rover , and will carry out in-place and patrolling surveys,” Liu Jizhong, the country’s lunar exploration chief told the Guardian. Originally, the Chang’e-4...

NASA’s Spirit Rover sent back an image that went viral due to the appearance of a rock that looked like a gorilla and a camel. (NASA) Images taken by the planetary rovers on the Martian surface continue to fascinate curious stargazers — so much so that one recently went viral, thanks to its supposed . "If we add a little color to the photo, the features stand out a lot more. When we zoom in, we can see what looks...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that they have discovered "new evidence" of a ninth planet located in the outer reaches of our solar system. Konstantin Batygin and Mike Browndetected circumstantial evidence for the object, which they are tentatively calling Planet Nine, utilizing "mathematical modeling and computer simulations" and published their findings in the . The astronomers did not yet have observational evidence of Planet Nine, but outlined a thoroughargument for its existence based on the gravitational...

An artist's impression of 2MASS J2126. (University of Hertfordshire/Neil Cook) Once considered a homeless planet, left to travel the galaxy aimlessly, it turns out that giant planet 2MASS J2126 has a home after all. 2MASS J2126 just sits really, really, really far away from the star it orbits. Try from it, says Popular Science. Sitting about 104 light years away from Earth, 2MASS J2126 is estimated at a massive around its parent star, according to Gizmag. (More:) For reference, the...

The photo above shows an artist's rendition of the moon's birth in a collision. (NASA) The colossal impact that created the moon may have spawned the cosmic mashup between the rocks that ultimately became Earth and its lunar neighbor, researchers say. Previous research suggested that about 100 million years after the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, the newborn, named after the mother of the moon in Greek myth. Debris from the collision later coalesced into the moon. Much...

The photo above shows the recent 'selfie' captured by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) While rolling through a sand dune on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover decided to snap a selfie to capture the moment. Curiosity and was sent to collect information to help determine if humans could eventually be sent to the Red Planet, according to NASA. The rover had of sand and took a series of photos, NASA reports. On Jan. 19, 2016, Curiosity picked up 57 images...

A massive cloud of hydrogen is hurtling toward the Milky Way at close to 700,000 miles per hour, according to new research published in a recent edition of the . The Smith Cloud, a humongous collection of hydrogen, might be returning to our galaxy in about 30 million years. (NASA) The Smith Cloud was discovered in the early 1960s by doctoral astronomy student Gail Smith, who detected the radio waves emitted by its hydrogen. Hubble Space Telescope observations suggest that...

For the first time in 10 years, the planets have aligned –and they're preparing to put on a rare celestial show. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter, the five bright planets, are currently visible from Earth. Arching through the pre-dawn sky, high in the north and low in the east, the planets will be visible through Feb. 20. But there is a very specific time to see them at their brightest. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have all lit up...