Space & Physics

A galaxy cluster bends light from seven background galaxies around it, letting astronomers peer into space and time

Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic

Pesky leaks on the International Space Station aren’t the most serious issue facing U.S. human spaceflight

At dusk and dawn, the sky dances with three phases of in-between light

A strange supernova remnant first appeared as a “guest star” seen in 1181 by sky watchers in China and Japan

A science photo book probes the colors we can see—and even “forbidden” colors we can’t

This blazingly-fast star is shooting through the Milky Way with a planet in tow

A special spacecraft will guide the space station through Earth’s atmosphere, but what about other large pieces of space debris?

If you’ve ever seen faces in clouds, these heavenly entities will leave you haunted

Supermassive black holes can expel jets of material so vast and powerful that they may shape the large-scale structure of the cosmos

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal

Kick off the week by catching up on the latest science news.