The original photograph was posted on Oct. 31, 2022, on the NASA website in the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" section. The image does indeed resemble a bat, hence its nickname. It is also known as ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new image from the European Southern Observatory captures a Cosmic Bat tucked away in one of ...

Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy wings through interstellar space two thousand light-years away. Too dim to be discerned by the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Tucked ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Tibet Air Shower Array is located about five kilometers (3.1 miles) above sea level, and this high altitude makes it an ideal spot to gather data on the subatomic particles that shower the Earth ...

NASA's Picture of the Day has gifted us with a breathtaking cosmic delicacy: The Prawn Nebula, officially known as IC 4628. Nestled in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, this ...

Astronomers have found an enormous, glowing blob of gas in the distant universe, with no obvious source of power for the light it is emitting. Called an “enormous Lyman-alpha nebula” (ELAN), it is the ...

A shrieking skull, a cackling witch, a ghostly hand and other cosmic illusions haunt our skies. Which do you think is the spookiest object in the universe? When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Scientists have revealed a mesmerizing latest image of a “cosmic creepy crawly” just in time for Halloween. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has disclosed never-before-seen data of the eerie Red ...