Category: Astronomy

The Sun—our cosmic furnace, life-giver, and at times, an unruly force—has always held a central place in human imagination and scientific inquiry. Despite its familiarity, the Sun remains an elusive…

Long before Earth formed its first oceans, long before Saturn donned its icy rings, and long before life flickered into being on a tiny blue planet, the solar system was…

The cosmos, with all its grandeur and mystery, occasionally bends to our curiosity — quite literally. The Hubble Space Telescope, a joint marvel of NASA and ESA, has delivered yet…

The sky above us is not empty. Thousands of satellites circle Earth in low Earth orbit (LEO), some dutifully beaming down communications or Earth observation data, others drifting as defunct…

In the quiet reaches of the sky, in a constellation quaintly known as Canes Venatici—the Hunting Dogs—two celestial bodies move in a rhythmic cosmic dance. One is a modest star…

Floating inside the International Space Station (ISS), where every inch of space counts and every astronaut’s time is precious, a cube-shaped robot whirs quietly to life. Its name is Astrobee—a…

Pulsars have long captured the imagination of astronomers, not just because of their extreme nature but because of the uncanny regularity of their signals—blinking cosmic beacons spinning in deep space.…

Imagine Mars not as the dusty, desolate orb we know today, but as a world veined with rivers, marbled with oceans, and streaked with rain-slicked valleys. Three to four billion…

In the silent vastness of space, most stars quietly follow the expected script: they burn, age, and eventually fade according to well-understood physical laws. But then there are the rebels—stars…

In the depths of space, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opens its golden eye, not merely to look at stars and galaxies, but to peer into time itself. More…

Earth, our pale blue dot adrift in the great cosmic sea, resides in a relatively quiet neighborhood—roughly 26,000 light-years from the chaotic, brilliant heart of the Milky Way. There, at…

As humanity sets its sights back on the Moon, the focus isn’t solely on dusty footprints and flags. This time, the lunar surface may serve as a springboard to the…

When you gaze at the night sky, what do you see? A canvas of stars, perhaps the glow of the Moon, and maybe a bright dot that’s actually a planet.…

Hovering like a luminous patch of sky-fire 160,000 light-years away, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors—and it’s putting on a show. In…

In the vast black canvas of the universe, stars burn, galaxies collide, and exotic objects like neutron stars and black holes reshape the fabric of space and time. But for…

Not long ago, the idea of planets orbiting distant stars belonged more to science fiction than science. The notion that other solar systems might exist—complete with alien worlds, strange climates,…

Look up at the moon on any clear night, and what you’re seeing is a cosmic coin that never flips. For billions of years, Earth has gazed upon the same…

At the heart of modern cosmology lies a beautiful, intricate tapestry woven from Einstein’s equations, precision observations, and our growing understanding of the universe’s past. Yet, a stubborn snag mars…

It begins with a silence so immense, even light is swallowed. At the center of nearly every galaxy in the known universe, including our own Milky Way, lies an entity…

In the silent heart of the Milky Way, far beyond the calm spiral arms that cradle stars like our Sun, lies a tempestuous and mysterious region: the Central Molecular Zone…