Category: Astronomy

In the smoldering cradle of early Earth, long before forests danced in the breeze and whales sang across oceans, life flickered into being in the darkness. It was a world…

In the vast, star-speckled corridors of the Milky Way, certain celestial phenomena remain wrapped in mystery, defying our best models and deepest intuitions. Among the most intriguing are magnetars—ultra-dense, hyper-magnetic…

In the endless depths of space, some of the most profound mysteries orbit the quietest stars. Among these is a gas giant called WD 1856+534 b, a celestial colossus nearly…

From the ancient fireballs that may have birthed our oceans to the celestial intruders that could one day bring catastrophe, comets have been a double-edged sword in Earth’s history. These…

Across the star-spangled tapestry of our galaxy, stars are not born in isolation. Like siblings emerging into the universe’s great expanse, stars typically arise in clusters—cosmic nurseries—where gravitational bonds and…

High above the dusty Chilean desert of Atacama, nestled among the eerie silence and razor-sharp skies, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array—ALMA—quietly listens to the whispers of the cosmos. Its radio…

For decades, astronomers have looked to the darkest corners of space and the most explosive moments in the universe’s history for answers to a celestial mystery: where did Earth’s gold…

In a stunning leap forward for astronomy, a team of international researchers has unveiled the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups ever detected—1,678 cosmic congregations spanning 12 billion years…

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, where stars flicker like ancient memories and galaxies whirl in elegant spirals, there occasionally emerges a beacon so luminous, so powerful, that it…

As part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) dazzling celebrations for Hubble’s 35th anniversary, a series of spectacular cosmic revisits have taken center stage. Among the treasures polished anew with…

The cosmos, in all its vastness and mystery, has long been a source of fascination for scientists seeking to understand its most enigmatic entities. Black holes, with their intense gravitational…

The Earth, cloaked by its thin veil of atmosphere, has always danced to the rhythm of the sun. Yet until now, scientists have only grasped part of the choreography. Thanks…

In a groundbreaking discovery that reshapes our understanding of the local universe, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has accomplished something never done before: it has created the first map of the…

When we gaze up at the night sky, scattered with billions of stars, it’s natural to wonder: are we alone? Could life—simple or intelligent—be out there, forming on distant Earth-like…

For decades, Vesta stood as a strange monument in our solar system’s asteroid belt — a survivor of the violent birth of planets, a cosmic relic said to be halfway…

High in the mountains of Guizhou Province, China, an enormous silver eye stares into the cosmos. This is the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope—FAST—the world’s largest and most sensitive radio…

In the grand theater of the cosmos, where stars blaze and galaxies dance, many of the most important players move unseen. But sometimes, new light—literally—reveals hidden wonders. A groundbreaking discovery…

Amid the vast, whispering void of the cosmos, where galaxies swirl and stars are born in clouds of cosmic dust, a silent, powerful force radiates across millions of light years.…

For decades, scientists studying meteorites—those spacefaring remnants that survive fiery descents to Earth—have faced a peculiar puzzle. When comparing meteorites containing carbon to those without, the carbon-rich samples consistently show…

In the grand theater of the cosmos, where galaxies whirl like dancers and stars explode in spectacular finales, a silent performer has long evaded detection at center stage. Messier 83—a…