MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The power to visualize highly complex information in a way that’s easier for the human mind to grasp is taking a giant leap forward with the advent of NASA’s new hyperwall-2 ...

NASA Visualization Explorer (for iPad) combines images, videos, and simulations from both the cosmos and our own planet in a series of informative and visually stunning stories, each highlighting a ...

New maps issued by NASA detail exactly when and where skywatchers across the contiguous U.S. can see the upcoming total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026.

Black holes, which warp the fabric of spacetime to the point where not even light can escape them, are difficult to imagine. We’ve heard about how they light up as they feed and how some of them are ...

On August 21, a swatch of Earth residents will witness the rare side effect of our planet’s long dance with its oldest partner: a total solar eclipse, caused by the perfect alignment of the Moon in ...

A new trippy visualization by NASA researchers shows how a black hole distorts its appearance by skewing the matter around it and warping the light itself with its immense gravity. Gigantic black ...

Like much of the science-loving community, we’ve been caught up in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey with Neil DeGras Tyson. It’s fascinating, thought-provoking, and entirely over our heads. If you’re like ...

NASA has released a spectacular visualization of a simulated black hole which beautifully demonstrates how the extreme gravitational forces produced by such objects distorts the light around them like ...

The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now, NASA released the most detailed ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, this spectacle won’t require any special eye protection. It will be safe to watch with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope.

A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in a new NASA visualization. The movie traces how the black holes distort and redirect light emanating ...

Black holes are so dense that their gravity pulls in everything around them, even light. But that doesn’t mean that they are invisible to view. They collect clouds of dust and gas which form a ...