Fifty-six light-years from Earth, in the southern constellation Horologium—the celestial clock—beats the magnetic heart of a star called Iota Horologii,…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomers Detect a “Ghost Galaxy” 10 Billion Light Years Away — Could This Be Proof of Dark Matter?
The night sky glows with the light of billions of stars, galaxies, and nebulae, but what we can see is…
Astronomers Found a Hidden ‘Hot Halo’ Around a Galaxy 95 Million Light Years Away
High above our heads, far beyond the reach of any telescope we can hold in our hands, lies a colossal…
Gravitational Waves Behave Like Turbulent Storms — New Research Reveals a Hidden Chaos in Spacetime
In September 2015, the universe whispered — and we heard it. For the first time in history, scientists detected the…
Scientists Detect Black Holes Colliding on a “Squashed” Orbit — A Cosmic Mystery Unlike Anything Seen Before
Deep in the fabric of spacetime, two titanic forces spiraled toward each other — a pair of black holes, each…
Scientists Solved a 4-Billion-Year-Old Mystery About Why the Moon Has Two Faces
When astronauts under NASA’s Artemis program touch down near the moon’s south pole in the coming years, they won’t just…
Astronomers Finally Catch a Star in the Act of Dying — and It’s Hiding Behind a Cosmic Veil of Dust
Forty million years ago, in a spiral galaxy named NGC 1637, a massive red supergiant lived out its final days.…
Astronomers Discover Two Stars Locked in a Cosmic “Eternal Embrace” — and They’re Closer Than Science Thought Possible
Far beyond the reach of human eyes, deep in the night sky within the constellation Andromeda, two stars are locked…
Earth Just Mirrored the Sun: NASA Detects Mysterious Magnetic ‘Switchback’ in Our Own Backyard
High above our planet, where the atmosphere fades into the vastness of space, Earth is surrounded by an invisible yet…
Astronomers Found the Most ‘Pure’ Star in the Universe — Older Than the Milky Way Itself
Not all stars are born equal. Some blaze with heavy metals forged in the hearts of previous generations, while others…
This AI Can Spot Exploding Stars and Black Holes — and Explain How It Knows
Every night, the universe tells a story written in starlight — a story of creation, destruction, and transformation. But the…
This Alien Comet Is Spraying Water Like a Fire Hose — Three Times Farther from the Sun Than Earth
For millions of years, a lonely fragment of ice and dust drifted through the dark gulf between stars. It wandered…
Life After Death? Scientists Discover Dying Stars Could Host Habitable Planets
Humanity’s gaze has always reached beyond the horizon — from the first sailor navigating by the stars to the astronomer…
Scientists Finally Crack the Mystery of How Black Holes Create Light from Darkness
In 1918, long before humanity had even dreamed of photographing a black hole, astronomer Heber Curtis peered through his telescope…
Scientists Stunned as Alien Comet 3I/ATLAS Begins Morphing Inside Our Solar System
Every so often, the universe sends us a visitor — a wanderer from the deep dark between the stars —…
This Mysterious Star System Is Firing Energy Beams at Near-Light Speed — Scientists Finally Know Why
Across the dark expanse of our galaxy, invisible engines hum with unimaginable power. These are not stars in their prime,…
Scientists Opened a 50-Year-Old Moon Sample — And Found Something That Shouldn’t Exist
In December 1972, as astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt prepared to leave the moon’s dusty surface for the final…
10 Most Mind-Blowing Discoveries About Black Holes
Black holes are among the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the universe. They are regions of spacetime where gravity…
Scientists Baffled: Toxic Gas Found on Distant World Where It Shouldn’t Exist
Among the countless elements that thread through the fabric of the universe, phosphorus holds a unique and intimate connection to…
This Detector Could Hear Black Hole Collisions from Billions of Years Ago
The universe is a symphony, and until recently, humanity had been deaf to most of its notes. Gravitational waves—tiny ripples…
Signals From 30,000 Light-Years Away: Two Mysterious Pulsars Discovered by ASKAP
When astronomers first discovered pulsars in 1967, they were greeted with the rhythmic beat of the universe itself—stars that had…
The Universe’s Greatest Mystery Deepens—Dark Energy Might Be Evolving
In the early decades of the twentieth century, astronomers peered into the night sky and made a discovery that forever…