A Mysterious Third Star May Be Hiding in This Unstable Binary System
High above the restless glow of Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) continues...
Astronomers Uncover Hidden Pattern in Mysterious Pulsar Silences
Out in the vast silence between stars, pulsars act like celestial metronomes—dense, spinning remnants of...
Planets Begin Forming Much Earlier Than Scientists Thought
In the stillness of space, far from the noise of our everyday lives, a silent...
Hatshepsut’s Statues Were Broken with Ritual, Not Revenge
In the shadow of the cliffs at Deir el-Bahri, where sun-bleached stone holds centuries of...
A Long-Dead Satellite Just Sent a Signal and It Sounded Like a Cosmic Mystery
On a cold June night in 2024, astronomers at the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder...
What If an Asteroid Hits the Moon in 2032? Scientists Say Earth Could Feel the Impact—Spectacularly
In the cold darkness of space, a 200-foot-wide asteroid named 2024 YR4 is silently making...
Elder Twin of the Sun Shows Unexpected Magnetic Strength
High above the southern skies, visible to the naked eye and gleaming with quiet brilliance,...
Mysterious Mineral Discovery in Ryugu Challenges Solar System History
When Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned to Earth in December 2020 carrying precious grains of asteroid...
A Cosmic Jellyfish Spotted Eight Billion Light Years Away
In the vast, ancient reaches of the universe—over eight billion light-years away—a galaxy is being...
Mars Reveals Midday Atmospheric Secrets with New Radio Technique
For decades, Mars has stared back at us through dusty winds and thin air, guarding...
Astronomers May Have Just Caught a Glimpse of Planet Nine—By Feeling Its Heat
For years, it has haunted the minds of astronomers like a ghost in the void—Planet...
The First Stars Are Speaking Through Radio Waves Across Time
In the beginning, there was darkness. And then—light. But how did it begin? Astronomers have...
The Telescope That Will Redefine Our Universe Is Almost Ready
On a clear Italian night more than 400 years ago, Galileo Galilei lifted a tube...
Tidal Forces Could Make Ocean Worlds More Habitable Than We Thought
In the vast, silent darkness between stars, a new kind of world is stirring the...
Astronomers Discover the Fiery Origins of Double Hot Jupiters
In the vast, glittering canvas of the cosmos, some worlds dare to dance a little...
Astronomers Discover “Cosmic Owl” Galaxy Merger with Twin Rings and Bright Eyes
In a universe filled with wonder and beauty, sometimes the cosmos stares back. In a...
Dark Photons Make a Comeback in the Search for Dark Matter
In the silent depths of the cosmos, an invisible substance exerts its gravity on galaxies,...
Astronomers Discover Hidden Bridge of Hot Gas Linking Galaxy Clusters
In the boundless darkness between galaxies, something long suspected—but rarely seen—has finally come into view....
The Violent Origins of Earth’s Atmosphere and Life
In the vast darkness of space, worlds are not gently formed. They are born through...
Earth’s Magnetic Field and Oxygen Levels Moved Together for 540 Million Years
Every breath we take carries a whisper of an ancient story—one that began over 2.4...