An autonomous ocean robot, launched from Woods Hole, is attempting to complete a first-ever trip around the world.

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A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

The most prominent clouds here are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body, while the other parts of the bat have no official designation. Credit: ...

Astronomers have spotted a ghostly visitor soaring through the Milky Way - a winged cloud of gas and dust that looks like a ...

Two new papers delve into mysterious lights and objects that were observed in the sky years before the first satellite ...

The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane. Astronomers have ...

Here's where Comet 3I/ATLAS, Lemmon and SWAN are in the Halloween sky.

Halloween telescope image reveals bat-shaped stellar nursery where infant stars are born. The cosmic creature spans four full ...

A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time ...

That bright object seen in the western sky from Boulder County on Tuesday evening was a private company’s research balloon, according to the Boulder National Weather Service. “Too big and bright to be ...