Category: Astronomy

At the 2025 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two pioneering teams of astronomers—one from Penn State and the other from MIT—revealed exciting new discoveries about an extreme and fascinating…

In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, a team of scientists took a significant step toward testing the very foundations of our understanding of the universe’s…

In a significant discovery made by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has identified two sub-Neptune exoplanets orbiting a subgiant star known as TOI-6054. These…

Across the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang, the universe has undergone extraordinary transformations, shaped by powerful forces acting on matter. Galaxies, clusters, and vast cosmic structures have formed…

On March 15, 2024, the Einstein Probe, a cutting-edge space mission led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), detected a rare and powerful burst of low-energy X-rays using its…

The study of supermassive black holes, particularly those residing at the centers of massive galaxies, has long been a pivotal topic in astrophysics. One of the most intriguing targets for…

A recent study utilizing data from the Swarm mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) has unearthed fascinating potential for studying Earth’s interior and our oceans. Swarm, a constellation of…

For decades, scientists have listened to cosmic phenomena in space, occasionally capturing bursts of plasma known as chorus waves that produce high-pitched sounds similar to birds chirping. These plasma waves,…

Planet formation is a gradual process that spans millions of years. It begins when small dust and rock particles within a protoplanetary disk collide and stick together to form larger…

In a significant leap forward for radio astronomy, an international team of astronomers has discovered 26 new Galactic radio transients using the powerful MeerKAT telescope located in South Africa. The…

Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery that promises to deepen our understanding of the weather systems on distant planets. On WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet located over 500 light-years away from…

For the first time, astronomers have identified a fast radio burst (FRB) originating from the outskirts of an ancient, dead elliptical galaxy—an environment far removed from the regions typically associated…

In the vast and mysterious universe, black holes serve as some of the most intriguing celestial objects. Their immense gravitational pull captivates scientists and the general public alike. Supermassive black…

An international team of astronomers, led by Andra Stroe from the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), has made significant strides in understanding the complex merging process of a nearby low-mass…

Astronomers have detected a remarkable new giant radio galaxy (GRG) with plasma jets that span 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. This cosmic giant, with a span…

An international team of astronomers, led by Malte Brinch from the Technical University of Denmark, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new compact galaxy group, designated CGG-z4, using the…

New research has introduced an intriguing alternative theory to one of cosmology’s most puzzling questions: what laid down the seeds for the formation of the universe’s large-scale structure? A team…

The Sun, an immense and powerful sphere of gas, is the driving force behind many phenomena that impact our solar system, including the behavior of charged particles in space. At…

Our Sun is often thought to be just one of many stars scattered across the Milky Way galaxy, and yet, in a rather lonely position. Unlike the countless other stars…

Astrophysicists, led by a team from Trinity College Dublin, have reached a major milestone in astrophysical research by successfully imaging a large number of exocometary belts around nearby stars. In…