Alien Particles from Deep Space Get Supercharged by the Sun
Every day, our solar system is bathed in a quiet, invisible rain of particles that...
Astronomers Capture a Cosmic Joust Between Two Colliding Galaxies
In the vast, ancient darkness of the cosmos, two galaxies have locked themselves into a...
Einstein Probe Detects a Cosmic X-ray Burst That Defies Explanation
In the ever-unfolding drama of the cosmos, where titanic energies collide in silence and the...
Young Star in Chaos: DR Tauri’s Wild Light Show Reveals the Drama of Stellar Birth
Deep within the celestial nursery of the Taurus star-forming region, approximately 610 light-years from Earth,...
Solar Telescope Captures the Hidden Complexity of the Active Sun
The Sun—our cosmic furnace, life-giver, and at times, an unruly force—has always held a central...
Jupiter Was Twice Its Size at Birth and Changed the Solar System Forever
Long before Earth formed its first oceans, long before Saturn donned its icy rings, and...
Hubble Captures a 19.5-Billion-Light-Year-Old Einstein Ring
The cosmos, with all its grandeur and mystery, occasionally bends to our curiosity — quite...
Starlight Silhouettes Reveal Hidden Satellite Shapes in Earth Orbit
The sky above us is not empty. Thousands of satellites circle Earth in low Earth...
The Mystery of Puli: Chasing Ghosts Among the Stars with Transit Timing Variations
In the quiet reaches of the sky, in a constellation quaintly known as Canes Venatici—the...
The NASA Robots That Could Run the Space Station One Day
Floating inside the International Space Station (ISS), where every inch of space counts and every...
Cosmic Ghostly Glows: Scientists Discover Hidden Pulsars Through Mysterious TeV Halos
Pulsars have long captured the imagination of astronomers, not just because of their extreme nature...
What Happened to the Water on Mars? Two Graduate Students Just Solved a Major Piece of the Puzzle
Imagine Mars not as the dusty, desolate orb we know today, but as a world...
Secrets in the Starlight: Astronomers Unveil the Mysteries of the Chemically Peculiar Star HD 72968
In the silent vastness of space, most stars quietly follow the expected script: they burn,...
X-Ray Silence from Ancient Galaxies Deepens a Cosmic Mystery
In the depths of space, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opens its golden eye,...
Scientists Unveil the Hidden Heart of the Milky Way in Stunning 3D Detail
Earth, our pale blue dot adrift in the great cosmic sea, resides in a relatively...
Astronomers Plan Moon-Based Telescope to Unveil the Universe’s Forgotten Era
As humanity sets its sights back on the Moon, the focus isn't solely on dusty...
Solar System: Planets, Moons, and the Sun Explained
When you gaze at the night sky, what do you see? A canvas of stars,...
Vivid Gas Clouds Shine in New Hubble Image of Nearby Galaxy
Hovering like a luminous patch of sky-fire 160,000 light-years away, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)...
The Hidden Light That Could Reveal the Universe’s Darkest Secrets
In the vast black canvas of the universe, stars burn, galaxies collide, and exotic objects...
Rings in the Shadows as Astronomers Close In on Alien Worlds
Not long ago, the idea of planets orbiting distant stars belonged more to science fiction...