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Category: Astronomy

Scientists Finally Solve 20-Year Mystery of the Crater Hidden Beneath the North Sea

Scientists Finally Solve 20-Year Mystery of the Crater Hidden Beneath the North Sea

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025

For more than two decades, a strange structure hidden beneath the southern North Sea has puzzled scientists, sparking heated arguments…

Astronomers Spot a “Half-Exploded” Star 72 Million Light-Years Away—And It’s Unlike Anything Seen Before

Astronomers Spot a “Half-Exploded” Star 72 Million Light-Years Away—And It’s Unlike Anything Seen Before

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 22, 2025September 22, 2025

In the grand theater of the universe, stars live brilliant but finite lives. Some fade quietly, while others die in…

Billions of Invisible Particles Pass Through You Every Second—But They Might Be Making the Universe’s Gold

Billions of Invisible Particles Pass Through You Every Second—But They Might Be Making the Universe’s Gold

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 22, 2025September 24, 2025

Few events in the universe are as violent, spectacular, and meaningful as the collision of two neutron stars. These compact…

James Webb Found ‘Small Red Dots’—And They Might Be a Whole New Kind of Cosmic Monster

James Webb Found ‘Small Red Dots’—And They Might Be a Whole New Kind of Cosmic Monster

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was built to look deeper into the cosmos than any instrument before it. Its…

Astronomers Capture “Mini Galaxy” Swirling Around a Baby Star for the First Time

Astronomers Capture “Mini Galaxy” Swirling Around a Baby Star for the First Time

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

Every star that twinkles in the night sky has a story. Some, like our Sun, are modest in scale, burning…

This Ancient Black Hole Is Breaking the Rules of the Universe

This Ancient Black Hole Is Breaking the Rules of the Universe

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

Imagine looking so far into space that you are also looking back in time—almost to the dawn of the universe…

Scientists May Have Found Why Dark Matter’s Signal Keeps Vanishing Into Thin Air

Scientists May Have Found Why Dark Matter’s Signal Keeps Vanishing Into Thin Air

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

When we look up at the night sky, it’s easy to believe we are seeing everything the universe has to…

The Cosmic Mystery Solved? Scientists Trace Where Dark Matter Hides

The Cosmic Mystery Solved? Scientists Trace Where Dark Matter Hides

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 19, 2025September 19, 2025

For centuries, humanity has looked up at the night sky and wondered how the vast expanse of stars, galaxies, and…

Astronomers Discover a ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar Spinning Every 2.39 Milliseconds

Astronomers Discover a ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar Spinning Every 2.39 Milliseconds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 19, 2025September 19, 2025

In a remarkable breakthrough in the study of the cosmos, an international team of astronomers has uncovered a new “spider”…

Dark Matter’s Secret? Exploding Primordial Black Holes Could Be the Answer

Dark Matter’s Secret? Exploding Primordial Black Holes Could Be the Answer

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 19, 2025September 24, 2025

In the stillness of the Mediterranean seabed, deep beneath the waves where sunlight cannot reach, the world’s most sensitive instruments…

A Tiny Asteroid Exploded Over France—What Scientists Found Shocked Everyone

A Tiny Asteroid Exploded Over France—What Scientists Found Shocked Everyone

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 18, 2025September 18, 2025

On a February night in 2023, the people of Normandy, France, witnessed something extraordinary. A glowing fireball streaked across the…

Scientists Say Alien Oceans May Vanish Before They Even Form—What This Means for Life Beyond Earth

Scientists Say Alien Oceans May Vanish Before They Even Form—What This Means for Life Beyond Earth

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 18, 2025September 18, 2025

When astronomers announced in April 2025 that the distant planet K2-18b might be a marine world cloaked in a deep…

Astronomers Found Out This Asteroid Spins So Fast, a “Day” Lasts Only 5 Minutes

Astronomers Found Out This Asteroid Spins So Fast, a “Day” Lasts Only 5 Minutes

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 18, 2025September 18, 2025

Astronomers peering through some of the world’s most advanced observatories, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT),…

Astronomers Stunned as Neutron Star Blasts Out the Slowest Wind in the Universe

Astronomers Stunned as Neutron Star Blasts Out the Slowest Wind in the Universe

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 19, 2025

The night sky may look silent and serene, but beyond our eyes, the universe is restless. Stars collapse, black holes…

Life After Impact: Scientists Discover Microbes Thrived in a Meteorite Crater for Millions of Years

Life After Impact: Scientists Discover Microbes Thrived in a Meteorite Crater for Millions of Years

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Seventy-eight million years ago, in what is now western Finland, a massive meteorite hurtled through Earth’s atmosphere. In an instant,…

Scientists Teach AI to Read the Sun—and Predict Solar Storms Days Before They Strike

Scientists Teach AI to Read the Sun—and Predict Solar Storms Days Before They Strike

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Every second, the sun breathes. It releases a constant stream of charged particles—an invisible river of plasma flowing through the…

The Universe Is Expanding—But Why Don’t We See It in Our Own Backyard?

The Universe Is Expanding—But Why Don’t We See It in Our Own Backyard?

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Science is not a collection of eternal truths carved into stone—it is a story of curiosity, skepticism, and courage. Theories…

This Cosmic Illusion Shouldn’t Exist—But It Just Proved Dark Matter Is Real

This Cosmic Illusion Shouldn’t Exist—But It Just Proved Dark Matter Is Real

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

When Rutgers theoretical astrophysicist Charles Keeton first received an unusual picture from his colleague Andrew Baker, his curiosity was immediately…

Scientists Discover the Most Distant Radio Halo Ever Seen—Here’s Why It Matters

Scientists Discover the Most Distant Radio Halo Ever Seen—Here’s Why It Matters

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Astronomy is often described as humanity’s most poetic science—an endless act of listening and watching the cosmos to uncover its…

Earth’s Crust Was Shaped by the Milky Way? New Study Reveals Cosmic Connection

Earth’s Crust Was Shaped by the Milky Way? New Study Reveals Cosmic Connection

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand how Earth became the planet we know today—how continents formed, how oceans arose,…

Astronomers Spotted a Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields Flip — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Astronomers Spotted a Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields Flip — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

In 2019, the world caught its first-ever glimpse of a black hole. That unforgettable orange ring, glowing faintly against the…

The Sun Is Waking Up—And Scientists Warn Earth Could Feel the Heat

The Sun Is Waking Up—And Scientists Warn Earth Could Feel the Heat

Editors of ScienceNewsTodaySeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

For centuries, humanity has gazed at the Sun not only as the giver of life but also as a mystery…

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