Since the dawn of humanity, we’ve asked the biggest question imaginable: Where did everything come from? When you look up…
Category: Astronomy
The Cosmic Ballet: How Galaxies Move Through Space
Far beyond the blue sky, past the twinkling stars that decorate our night, beyond the reach of even the most…
Ancient Oxygen Discovery in the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen is Rewriting Cosmic History
In a discovery that’s shaking up our understanding of the early universe, two teams of astronomers have independently detected oxygen…
FAST Discovers an Ancient, Gas-Rich Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy
Imagine peering deep into the cosmos and uncovering a tiny, ancient city, one that has survived billions of years relatively…
Dark Energy Might Be Changing—And It Could Rewrite Our Understanding of the Universe
For decades, scientists have gazed into the vastness of space and wondered about a mysterious force that seems to be…
Neutron Stars: The Most Dense Objects in the Universe
Imagine taking the entire mass of our Sun—around 330,000 times the mass of Earth—and cramming it into a ball the…
Exploring the Far Side of the Moon: What Lies Beneath?
For as long as humans have tilted their heads to gaze at the night sky, the Moon has been a…
How Planets Form: From Dust to Worlds
The story of planet formation is one of the most awe-inspiring narratives in the cosmos. Imagine a dark, silent expanse…
The Life Cycle of a Supernova: The End of a Star
Stars are often thought of as eternal, glowing beacons of light that twinkle in the night sky. From our vantage…
What Happens Inside a Black Hole?
Black holes. Just the words stir up images of dark, monstrous objects in space that consume everything in their path.…
Decoding Starlight: Spectroscopy in Astronomy
For as long as humans have gazed up at the night sky, we’ve been captivated by the stars. Ancient cultures…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Storm of the Centuries
Far beyond Earth, across millions of miles of empty space, a world of unimaginable scale and power swirls in the…
Swirling Mysteries at the Heart of the Milky Way: Astronomers Unveil Unexpected Filaments with ALMA’s Vision
Deep in the heart of our galaxy, far beyond the serene skies we gaze upon, lies a region of untamed…
Stable Megastructures in Binary Star Systems
For over half a century, the concept of megastructures orbiting distant stars has captivated the human imagination. Whether it’s a…
The Coldest Places in the Universe
When we think of “cold,” we might imagine a winter’s night, a snow-covered mountain, or perhaps the icy reaches of…
Cosmic Inflation: The Universe’s Rapid Baby Boom
Once upon a time—about 13.8 billion years ago—our universe was born in a cataclysmic event known as the Big Bang.…
The Golden Record: Earth’s Message to the Cosmos
In 1977, humanity launched its voice into the vast and silent ocean of space. Not a transmission, not a blinking…
The Mystery of Tabby’s Star: Alien Tech or Cosmic Dust?
In the quiet, vast darkness of our galaxy, stars flicker and shine as they have for billions of years. They…
The Science Behind Tidal Locking: Why One Side Faces Forever
Take a moment to look up at the night sky. If you catch sight of the Moon, you’ll notice something…
The First Images of an Exoplanet
For millennia, humanity has stared up at the stars, wondering if we are alone. We imagined other worlds, distant planets…