Balck Hole Eclipse Viewed in Fornax

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray observatory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has photographed for the first time, a supermassive black hole in a state of eclipse with its disk of radioactive gas cloud. The eclipse occured in the galaxy NGC 1365 in the constellation Fornax, the furnace. The event gave them a glimpse into how black holes affect the matter around it.

Red Moon Over London

This is a fine Associated Press (AP) picture of the total Lunar eclipse over London last March 3, 2007. See how the curve of the Big Ben's clock face mirrors the disk of the moon. Another total lunar eclipse will be visible over Manila, Philippines on the 28th of August.