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Ancient Irish Hilltop Hides a Prehistoric City of 600 Homes
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Astronomers Thought This Galaxy Was “Dead”—Then They Found Its Hidden Twin Heart
From a distance, NGC 4486B looks calm, almost unremarkable. It is a compact elliptical galaxy tucked into the crowded heart…
The Universe Was Only 700 Million Years Old When This Star Died. We Just Saw It Happen
On March 14, 2025, something ancient screamed across the cosmos and briefly touched our modern instruments. It was a burst…
This Cosmic Explosion Lasted All Night—and Scientists Still Don’t Know Why
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It Looks Like Frozen Bubbles, but This Discovery Is Actually a Massive 2-Billion-Year-Old Collision
As calendars turned and celebrations marked the arrival of a new year, astronomers found themselves raising a different kind of…
No Alien Signals Detected from 3I/ATLAS, But Its Journey Still Leaves Us Stunned
When astronomers first noticed a faint, fast-moving object slipping into our solar system on July 1, 2025, it felt like…
Move Over, Sun: This Supermassive Black Hole Just Had a Flare-Up That Put Solar Storms to Shame
Somewhere deep within a graceful spiral galaxy called NGC 3783, a quiet balance was broken. For countless years, a supermassive…
This “Quiet” Galaxy Was Hiding a Secret 160,000 Light-Years Wide
At first glance, ESO 130-G012 did not look like a troublemaker. It sits some 55 million light years away, an…
Astronomers Just Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery—And It Wasn’t a Star After All
For centuries, the Star of Bethlehem has hovered between faith and mystery. It shines briefly in the biblical story, guiding…
150 Light Years Away, an “Ordinary” Star Just Unleashed a 91 Decillion Erg Explosion
It began not with fireworks, but with a quiet signal slipping through the data streams of a space telescope. Somewhere…
Why Is the Night Sky Dark? (Exploring Olbers’ Paradox)
On any clear night far from city lights, the sky appears as a vast black dome punctured by countless stars.…
What Is a White Hole? The Mathematical Opposite of a Black Hole
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What Are Cosmic Strings? The Cracks in the Fabric of Space
Cosmic strings are among the most haunting and provocative ideas in modern physics. They are not strings in the ordinary…
The Mystery of the Axis of Evil in the Cosmic Map
In the vast silence of the universe, where distances are measured in billions of light-years and time itself stretches toward…
What Is “The Void”? Exploring the Loneliest Places in Space
In the vast architecture of the universe, emptiness is not merely the absence of things. It is a structure, a…
What Is the Shape of the Universe? Flat, Curved, or Donut-Shaped?
When humans first looked up at the night sky, they saw not just stars but mystery. The heavens appeared vast,…
Where Is the Center of the Universe? (The Answer Might Surprise You)
The question seems almost irresistible in its simplicity. If the universe exists, if it has structure, size, and history, then…
The Great Repulse: Is the Universe Expanding or Bouncing?
The night sky looks calm, even eternal. Stars seem fixed, galaxies appear serene, and the vast darkness between them gives…
Is the Universe Infinite or Just Really, Really Big?
On a clear night, when the lights of cities fall away and the sky reveals its true depth, the universe…
The Mystery of Dark Matter: Why We Can’t See 85% of the Universe
On clear nights, when the sky is far from city lights, the universe appears generous. Thousands of stars scatter across…