A few years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking sight in the Serpens Nebula – a huge shadow in the shape of a bat. Now, follow-up observations have shown that it appears to be ...

Yes, it's flapping its wings! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a bat signal out in the cosmos, ...

Although bats are wonderful creatures in their own right, they often stir up lots of not-so-wonderful feelings in people. That’s because, of course, they’re associated with razor-sharp teeth, diseases ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Out in the depths of the Serpens Nebula, located 1,300 light-years away, lurks a strange creature. Here, where stars are born amid swirling dust and gas, lies a young star HBC 672, also known as the ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just caught the “bat shadow” of a newborn star moving — a sight the space agency evocatively compared to a pair of flapping bat wings. The star, called HBC 672 and ...