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Category: Astronomy
A Tiny Satellite Plans to Chase Eternal Eclipses to Unlock the Sun’s Secrets
In the cold dark of space, far beyond the comforting blue of Earth’s sky, a small satellite may soon attempt…
Scientists Are Sending a Spacecraft to Listen to the Whisper of the Early Universe
Under the silent stars, the far side of the Moon lies in perpetual radio darkness—a cosmic refuge untouched by the…
NASA’s Asteroid Strike Unleashes a Surprise Storm of Space Boulders
Under a black, silent sky in September 2022, humanity took its first real swing at cosmic defense. NASA’s DART spacecraft—a…
Moon Rock Found in Africa Unlocks Secrets of Lost Lunar Volcanoes
High above the shifting sands of Earth’s deserts, a silent traveler once crossed the void—a fragment of the Moon, flung…
The Cosmic Chaos That Made Earth the Only Habitable Planet
When you look up at the night sky, you see the cold brilliance of planets and stars, silent and still.…
Vera Rubin Observatory Peers Into the Heart of a Star-Crowded Cosmic Relic
In the southern constellation of Tucana, cloaked in a dense and glittering halo of ancient starlight, lies one of the…
Astronomers Unlock Secrets of Pulsar’s Mysterious Wind Nebula
In the vast reaches of the universe, pulsars—rapidly spinning neutron stars—are among the most intriguing and enigmatic objects. They emit…
How Dying Stars Are Creating the Building Blocks for New Worlds
When you look up at the night sky, the stars twinkle like distant diamonds, each one a blazing furnace of…
The Mystery of the First Stars and the Role of Primordial Black Holes
In the vast, dark expanse of the universe, where light has barely begun to filter through the cosmic fog, one…
Ice Clouds Drift Inside the Milky Way’s Fiery Heart
High above and below the swirling disk of the Milky Way, titanic bubbles of scorching gas billow into space—a cosmic…
Space Ice Hides Tiny Crystals That Could Rewrite the Origins of Life
Far beyond Earth’s pale blue sky, where stars shimmer like diamonds on black velvet, ice is more than just frozen…
Are We Living in a Giant Cosmic Bubble That Warps the Universe’s Expansion?
Imagine gazing up at the night sky, the stars sparkling like diamonds scattered on velvet. Now imagine that all those…
Newly Discovered “Grigoriev 1” Star Unveils a Cosmic Eclipse Drama in Pegasus
High above the Earth, where the velvet darkness of space unfurls across eternity, a pair of stars performs an elegant…
Pebbles in Space Reveal How New Worlds Are Born
In the swirling dark of space, more than 450 light-years from Earth, two young stars are quietly crafting cosmic futures.…
Hidden Stars Could Unlock the Secrets of Dark Matter
At the heart of the Milky Way, behind thick veils of gas, dust, and the glitter of countless stars, something…
The Universe May Meet Its End in a Cosmic “Big Crunch,” New Study Predicts
For as long as humans have looked up at the stars, we’ve wondered how it all ends. Will the universe…
The Star That Defies Physics Pulses with Mysterious Cosmic Rhythm
In the deep, dim heart of a distant galaxy, a ghostly star pulses with furious energy—bright enough to momentarily rival…
A Spacecraft Just Took a Celestial Selfie That Proved a 200-Year-Old Theory
438 million miles from Earth, in the cold, silent shadows of the Kuiper Belt, a lone spacecraft turned its camera…
This Forgotten Star Cluster Could Hold Secrets of the Milky Way’s Past
High above Earth’s atmosphere, in the silence of space, the Hubble Space Telescope has once again turned its eye toward…
Two Hidden Planets Discovered Dancing in a Cosmic Merry-Go-Round
In a distant patch of sky, where a star once sat alone in the eyes of science, two exoplanets have…
AI Unlocks the Secret Clocks Hidden in Stars
In the heart of our galaxy and far beyond, stars blaze with light that has traveled across time and space.…