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Category: Astronomy
Astronomers Spot a Cosmic Ring 2 Million Light-Years Wide—And No One Knows How It Formed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Fifteen thousand light-years from Earth, in a quiet corner of our galaxy far beyond the familiar arms of the Milky…
Astronomers Found a Planet With an Atmosphere of Pure Carbon—And No One Knows Why
Science has always thrived on anomalies. For centuries, every great breakthrough began with something that didn’t fit the accepted story…
Astronomers Just Found a “Second Earth” Only 34 Light-Years Away—And It Could Be Habitable
Just 34 light-years away, tucked within the constellation of Virgo, lies a faint, red star known as Gliese 536—or GJ…
A Star Blinked for 1.23 Seconds—What It Revealed Left Astronomers Speechless
In the icy twilight of our solar system, far beyond Neptune where sunlight is dim and the stars burn cold…
Scientists Say a Black Hole Could Explode Within 10 Years—And Change Physics Forever
For centuries, humankind has gazed at the night sky with awe, searching for clues to its origins. From ancient philosophers…
Alien Space Rocks Could Jump-Start Planet Formation Around Young Stars
In the vast expanse of our galaxy, stars are born, live, and die in a cosmic ballet that has continued…
Astronomers Found a Rare Young Binary Star — And It’s Caught in a “Cosmic Growth Spurt
Stars are not born fully formed. They emerge from clouds of gas and dust, ignite their nuclear engines, and slowly…
James Webb Found Methane Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake—And It Changes Everything
For decades, Makemake has been one of the most enigmatic residents of the Kuiper Belt—the icy frontier of our solar…
This Dying Star Is So Hungry It May Trigger a Supernova Visible in Daylight
Not far from our corner of the galaxy, an extraordinary celestial drama is taking place. A white dwarf star—small, dense,…
Mysterious Gamma-Ray Burst Lasts 24 Hours—Scientists Say It Defies Physics
For half a century, astronomers have studied gamma-ray bursts—brief, blinding flashes of high-energy light that erupt across the universe. These…