Every autumn, the heavens put on a dazzling performance as the Taurid meteor shower graces the night sky. From late…
Category: Astronomy
Scientists Finally Decode 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Mystery of a “Cosmic Heartbeat” in Deep Space
For more than a century, the galaxy OJ 287 has puzzled astronomers. From 3.5 billion light-years away, it sends out…
Webb Telescope Finds “Red Spider” in Space — and It’s the Fiery Death of a Sun-Like Star
High in the dark reaches of space, a star is dying beautifully. In the newest “Picture of the Month” from…
Scientists Detect Two “Impossible” Black Hole Collisions—And They’re Spinning the Wrong Way
In the silent fabric of the universe, there are moments so cataclysmic that they send ripples across the very structure…
New Radio Image Shows the Milky Way Like Never Before — You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding in the Galactic Plane
Our home galaxy is often imagined as a silent disk of stars glowing gently in the night. But seen through…
This Exoplanet Is So Hot It Tears Water Molecules Apart — New 3D Map Shows Where It Happens
Astronomers have crossed a psychological and scientific threshold: for the first time, they have turned an exoplanet from a vague,…
James Webb Spots a Giant “Planet-Building Graveyard” Around a Tiny Star — and It Shouldn’t Be There
Not every discovery in astronomy is a new world or a blazing star. Some of the most revealing findings are…
Mysterious Sky Flashes From the 1950s Linked to Nuclear Tests, New Study Finds
Before satellites existed, before humans had filled low Earth orbit with debris and hardware, the night sky was far less…
Dark Matter Strikes Back: New Galaxy Study Deals Major Blow to Modified Gravity Theories
For decades, one of the most persistent riddles in astrophysics has been why galaxies—especially tiny, dim ones—rotate faster than they…
Astronomers Catch 30 “Blinking” Dead Stars in Real Time — And No One Knows Why They Flash
High above deserts and oceans, beyond the haze of human interference, the universe hums with signals too faint for the…
Not Dark Matter? Astronomers Stunned as Dwarf Galaxy Is Held Together by a Monster Black Hole
At first glance, Segue 1 hardly seems like something that should rewrite astronomy textbooks. It is faint, sparse, and fragile-looking…
Young Sun’s Violent Blasts Could Be the Reason We Exist, New Study Suggests
Every second, our sun boils and breathes. It hurls bright flares into space and sometimes throws colossal arcs of plasma…
Astronomers Stunned: Three Earth-Sized Worlds Found Orbiting a Double Sun System
In a quiet corner of the galaxy, 190 light-years from Earth, astronomers have uncovered something that until recently seemed nearly…
Cosmic Silence Solves a Mystery? Neutrino Hunt Finds “Nothing” — and That Changes Everything
The universe is filled with bullets of unimaginable energy — lone protons, electrons, and ghost-like neutrinos traveling through space at…
Astronomers Found a “Hidden Galaxy” Inside the Milky Way — And It Changes Everything We Thought About Star Birth
The Milky Way is alive with motion, light, and mystery. Among its spiral arms, vast clouds of gas and dust…
1,500 Stellar Ghosts Tell the Untold Story of the Milky Way
When a star nears the end of its life, it does not simply fade into darkness. Instead, it performs one…
This Toxic Red River in Spain Could Reveal Whether Mars Was Ever Alive
Sometimes, the greatest stories of planets are written in their smallest grains. Buried in ancient rocks, dissolved in acidic waters,…
Astronomers Capture the Sharpest-Ever View of a Star’s Disk — And It’s Shockingly Lopsided
In the grand story of astronomy, every breakthrough begins with a new way of seeing. For centuries, humankind has turned…
Astronomers Discover Dead Star Still Devouring Its Planets — Billions of Years After Its Death
Every star is born to die. The Sun, warm and golden, the giver of light and life to our planet,…
Jupiter Was the Solar System’s First Architect — And It May Have Saved the Earth
Four and a half billion years ago, the newborn solar system was a swirling ocean of gas, dust, and light.…
This New Cosmic Atlas Just Confirmed the Universe Is Exactly as Mysterious as We Thought
High above the dry mountain ranges of Chile, where the air is thin and the stars blaze with unfiltered light,…
Dark Matter May Be Helping Stars Die — Scientists Uncover a Hidden Force Behind Supernova Explosions
In the grand theater of the cosmos, stars live brilliant, turbulent lives. They are born from the cold breath of…