| Black Moon supermoon on July 31 | | | Don't listen to curmudgeon-y astronomers telling you supermoons are "hype." They aren't hype; the name supermoon has arisen from folklore, like Blue Moon or Black Moon or the beloved Harvest Moon. And supermoons have real physical effects, which people living along coastlines may notice. Read more. | | |
| Dark Rift in the Milky Way | | | Standing under a dark sky in late July or August? Look up! You’ll notice a long, dark lane dividing the bright Milky Way. This Dark Rift is a place where new stars are forming. Read more. | | |
| The black hole disk that shouldn't exist | | | Astronomers didn't expect to see a thin disk around the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 3147, some 130 million light-years away. They're using Einstein’s theories of relativity to understand the velocities involved, and the intensity of black hole's pull. Read more. | | |
