A new study supports the theory that Pluto may have an underground ocean. It has long been suspected the dwarf planet has a deep sea beneath its frozen surface. Observations and studies from a flight past Pluto in 2015 by NASA's New Horizons and published in this week's journal Nature focus on a 600-mile basin known as Sputnik Planitia in the left lobe of Pluto's heart-shaped region. Evidence suggests tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon may have prompted Pluto to...

At a Glance Scientists spotted a "naked" supermassive black hole streaking away from a galaxy. They say they've never seen anything like it. Seeing somebody naked and running through your neighborhood at top speed would no doubt catch your attention. Same thing with black holes and astronomers. According to a release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, astronomers spotted the supermassive black hole, dubbed B3 1715+425 alongside remnants of . "We were looking for orbiting pairs of supermassive black holes,...

At a Glance The nation's most advanced weather satellite, GOES-R, launched Saturday at sunset. It will produce the sharpest and fastest images yet of the nation's weather events. Eventually it will become part of $11 billion system that will ultimately include four satellites Saturday night, NASA launched the nation’s most advanced weather satellite ever. The $1 billion Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) satellite was created for the purpose of churning out the sharpest and fastest pictures yet of hurricanes,...