In the quiet observatories nestled among Russia’s Crimean hills and the snow-lined ridges of the Caucasus Mountains, astronomers have spent decades peering into the sky, tracking the slow, restless heartbeat…
Category: Astronomy
Supernova Explosions May Have Triggered Ancient Climate Shifts
In the vast darkness of the cosmos, stars live long lives, but even they are not immortal. When a massive star dies, it doesn’t go gently. It explodes in a…
Webb Telescope Captures Chilling Portrait of a Rogue Planet in a Chaotic Star System
Somewhere in the Milky Way, just 60 light-years from Earth, a cold and lonely giant circles its star in an orbit shaped like a stretched football. Temperatures on this massive…
The Monster Black Hole That Spins Faster Than Anything in the Universe
Imagine a cosmic predator, so massive that it can swallow entire stars, twisting the very fabric of space and time with a force so intense it would tear apart any…
Astronomers Discover the Largest Cloud of Energetic Particles Ever Seen
In the vast expanse of space, where galaxies swirl and collide in a cosmic dance, astronomers have uncovered a discovery that challenges long-standing theories about how energy moves through the…
Young Stars Reveal a Hidden Map of the Milky Way’s Outer Edges
The night sky we gaze upon may seem eternal, a glittering ceiling of fixed stars. But the Milky Way — our home galaxy — is a turbulent, restless ocean of…
Scientists Discover the Largest Organic Molecule Ever Found in Space
In the silent darkness of space, in a cold molecular cloud drifting 430 light-years from Earth, astronomers and chemists have spotted something extraordinary—a chemical giant forged in the heart of…
The Center of the Milky Way Is Strangely Quiet on Star Birth
At the chaotic heart of our Milky Way galaxy, where gravity howls and stellar winds scream across the void, a strange quiet has descended. While this region is packed with…
11 Billion-Year-Old Black Hole Jet Seen Blazing Bright
In a corner of the ancient universe, where galaxies were just beginning to bloom and black holes grew hungrier by the day, something extraordinary happened. A titanic jet of energy—fired…
A Star Cluster Is Dying and Astronomers Have Spent a Decade Watching It Happen
High in the Himalayan foothills of northern India, beneath one of the clearest skies on Earth, a small yet powerful telescope has been quietly gathering light from a little-known cluster…
The Milky Way’s Deepest Secrets Are Hiding in Every Breath You Take
For more than a century, cosmic rays have rained down on Earth—relentless, invisible travelers born in the violent heartbeats of the cosmos. Now, a team of astrophysicists at Michigan State…
The Starborn Ghost That Could Solve the Universe’s Darkest Mystery
In the vast silence of space, something is missing—something massive, invisible, and stubbornly elusive. For decades, scientists have tried to put a face to the dark matter that appears to…
The Sun Is Dragging Starlink Satellites Out of the Sky
In the invisible battleground where Earth’s atmosphere brushes up against the frontier of space, something strange is happening to the world’s fastest-growing satellite fleet. A quiet descent is quickening. Tiny…
This Silent Galaxy Just Unleashed a Jet That Defies the Speed of Light
In the heart of a seemingly quiet galaxy some 500 million light-years away, astronomers have uncovered a cosmic cannon firing matter at near-light speed—shattering the notion that radio-quiet galaxies always…
Neural Networks Unlock New Secrets of Milky Way’s Black Hole
The universe has always been a vast and mysterious place, with its most enigmatic objects being black holes. These cosmic giants, known for their immense gravity, have captured the imagination…
Astronomers Uncover Rare Alcohol in Alien Planet Nursery That Could Explain How Life Began
In the cold void between stars, swaddled in thick veils of gas and ice, new worlds begin their long gestation. They form in massive disks of swirling material, churning with…
James Webb Telescope Reveals Nearly 800,000 Galaxies Changing Our View of the Infant Universe
In a milestone for astronomy and open science, the international COSMOS-Web collaboration has released the most expansive and detailed map of the universe to date. This map, stitched together from…
Sausage Cluster Reveals Ancient Cosmic Shockwaves in Deep Radio Scan
Amid the vast, silent canvas of deep space, astronomers have learned to listen. Not with ears, but with colossal, ground-spanning radio antennas that stretch like spiderwebs across continents. Among these…
What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning?
For nearly a century, the Big Bang theory has been the reigning champion of cosmic origin stories. It tells us that the universe, all 93 billion light-years of it, burst…
Giant Planet Shocks Scientists Orbiting Tiny Star
The universe has a way of surprising us, often in the most unexpected corners. One of the latest cosmic curveballs comes from a tiny red dwarf star nestled quietly in…