Okay, no. This isn't a real sunspot…but doesn't that make this image that much more impressive? Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research used a 76-teraflop supercomputer — and about 2 billion data points to create this lovely simulation.

The University of New Mexico is leading a project to provide high-resolution images of the sky with an innovative new radio telescope array. The first station will have 256 antennas with plans for a total of 53 stations and more than 13,000 antennas all keeping an eye on the sky.

Here's what it looks like when two particles share the same properties — even if they're separated in space and time. Physicists S. Jay Olson and Timothy C. Ralph of Australia's University of Queensland explain further here....

This gorgeous infrared image of Zeta Ophiuchi was taken with NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Although interstellar dust makes Zeta Ophiuchi appear red, this supergiant is actually blue — and moving fast. Astronomers believe it was once part of...