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Category: Astronomy

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

The Science DeskSeptember 17, 2025September 17, 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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?

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 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

The Science DeskSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

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

This AI-Powered Tool Lets Scientists ‘See’ the Skeleton of the Universe

This AI-Powered Tool Lets Scientists ‘See’ the Skeleton of the Universe

The Science DeskSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

If you think a galaxy is big, imagine this: in the scale of the cosmos, a galaxy is just a…

Astronomers Spot a Cosmic Ring 2 Million Light-Years Wide—And No One Knows How It Formed

Astronomers Spot a Cosmic Ring 2 Million Light-Years Wide—And No One Knows How It Formed

The Science DeskSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025

In the vast, unfathomable darkness of space, astronomers have discovered something that defies both expectation and explanation: gigantic rings of…

Astronomers Got Closer to Finding an Earth 2.0 — Here’s What JWST Saw on TRAPPIST-1e

Astronomers Got Closer to Finding an Earth 2.0 — Here’s What JWST Saw on TRAPPIST-1e

The Science DeskSeptember 15, 2025September 15, 2025

For as long as humans have gazed at the night sky, we have wondered if we are alone. The stars…

This Strange Quantum Device Could Finally Reveal the Universe’s Missing Matter

This Strange Quantum Device Could Finally Reveal the Universe’s Missing Matter

The Science DeskSeptember 13, 2025September 13, 2025

For decades, physicists have been chasing shadows. They know that something invisible and elusive—something we call dark matter—makes up about…

Scientists Finally Solve the Sun’s Biggest Mystery—And It Could Protect Earth From Solar Storms

Scientists Finally Solve the Sun’s Biggest Mystery—And It Could Protect Earth From Solar Storms

The Science DeskSeptember 13, 2025September 13, 2025

In the late 1980s, scientists discovered something extraordinary: the sun doesn’t just shine—it sings. Hidden within its fiery body are…

Scientists Listened to 7 Earth-Like Worlds Around TRAPPIST-1—Here’s What They Heard

Scientists Listened to 7 Earth-Like Worlds Around TRAPPIST-1—Here’s What They Heard

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

Forty light-years away—a mere blink in the vast scales of the cosmos—glows a small, dim star known as TRAPPIST-1. To…

Webb Telescope Finds Stars That Aren’t Stars — And the Discovery Is Baffling

Webb Telescope Finds Stars That Aren’t Stars — And the Discovery Is Baffling

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opened its golden eyes to the universe in 2022, astronomers expected surprises. What…

This Star System Is So Bright It Shouldn’t Exist—Astronomers Solved the Mystery

This Star System Is So Bright It Shouldn’t Exist—Astronomers Solved the Mystery

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

In the vast expanse of space, binary star systems are far from rare. These systems, where two stars orbit each…

Scientists Find Possible Signs of Ancient Life in Martian Lakebed

Scientists Find Possible Signs of Ancient Life in Martian Lakebed

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

For as long as humanity has gazed into the night sky, Mars has shimmered in our imagination as a world…

Mars May Have Once Breathed Fire and Life—Thanks to Mysterious Sulfur Gases

Mars May Have Once Breathed Fire and Life—Thanks to Mysterious Sulfur Gases

The Science DeskSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

Mars has long been a planet of contradictions. Its dry river valleys whisper of flowing water, yet today it is…

Astronomers Catch a Planet Hiding in Its Star’s Shadows—And It Changes Everything We Know

Astronomers Catch a Planet Hiding in Its Star’s Shadows—And It Changes Everything We Know

The Science DeskSeptember 11, 2025September 13, 2025

Not so long ago, the idea of studying the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star was the stuff…

The Universe Spoke—and It Sounded Exactly Like Stephen Hawking Predicted

The Universe Spoke—and It Sounded Exactly Like Stephen Hawking Predicted

The Science DeskSeptember 11, 2025September 13, 2025

On a quiet September day in 2015, humanity’s ears opened to the universe in a way they never had before.…

This Newborn Star Is 10 Times the Sun’s Mass—And It’s Blasting the Galaxy With a Cosmic Blowtorch

This Newborn Star Is 10 Times the Sun’s Mass—And It’s Blasting the Galaxy With a Cosmic Blowtorch

The Science DeskSeptember 11, 2025September 13, 2025

Fifteen thousand light-years from Earth, in a quiet corner of our galaxy far beyond the familiar arms of the Milky…

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