For the first time, astronomers have observed a neutron star collecting material before blasting out an immensely bright X-ray burst—a burst thousands of times brighter than the Sun. 

On Jun 10th, NASA officially confirmed that the James Webb Space Telescope would not be able to make its March 2021 launch deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

After five months of waiting, June 5th marked the return of lunar eclipse season for 2020—and there are still a few more to catch before the end of the year.  

Chandra X-Ray Observatory has recorded a stellar-mass black hole blasting out jets of material at nearly 80% the speed of light.  

A team of astronomers just discovered an incredibly rare 11-billion-year-old doughnut-shaped galaxy, nicknamed a ‘cosmic ring of fire.’ 

SpaceX made history on Saturday, May 30th, after successfully delivering two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.