HETDEX astronomers spot hidden galaxies and gas from up to 11 billion years ago
Astronomers have sifted through half a petabyte of data to create a detailed 3D map.
Published: 3 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
Researchers discover the most compact 3+1-type quadruple star system till date
The inner three stars are so tightly packed that they would fit inside the orbit of Mercury.
Updated: 4 days ago | By Biplab Das
MeerKAT uncovers record-setting cosmic laser in a galaxy 8 billion light-years away
The signals provide a snapshot of the early universe.
Published: 5 days ago | By Biplab Das
An invisible explosion rivaling a billion suns vanished in space—until its trace reached Earth
A strange fading radio signal hints at powerful gamma-ray burst or an elusive black hole.
Published: 5 days ago | By Sandip Kishan
ESA's Juice captured interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shortly after perihelion—here's what it found
The Jupiter-bound spacecraft got 120+ images that reveal jets, dust streams, and a glowing coma.
Updated: 6 days ago | By Sandip Kishan
A rare 'teenage' planetary system could help bridge a gap in the study of cosmic evolution
The planetary system TOI-2076 can help astronomers understand how planets change between birth and adulthood.
Published: 6 days ago | By Biplab Das
Scientists have found a new method to detect elusive supermassive black hole binaries
Supermassive black hole binaries where the black holes are separated by short distances are extremely hard to find.
Published: Feb 26, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists pointed radio telescopes at exoplanet K2-18b to scan for alien signals—here's what they found
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico and the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa were employed for the project.
Updated: Feb 26, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
Could we possibly catch up with 3I/ATLAS? A daring new plan says 'yes'
The plan aims to launch a spacecraft directed towards the comet in 2035.
Published: Feb 25, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Dusty galaxies from the universe's far edges show star formation had begun earlier than suspected
The discovery made by a large research team challenges the existing models of the universe.
Published: Feb 24, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers have figured out how space 'snowmen' are formed
The objects shaped like snowmen are born naturally under gravitational collapse.
Published: Feb 23, 2026 | By Biplab Das
James Webb Space Telescope maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere for the first time ever
The telescope detected a faint glow from molecules in the planet's upper atmosphere.
Published: Feb 23, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detects a faint galaxy that is almost entirely dark matter
Hubble was aided in this hunt by the ESA's Euclid and the ground-based Subaru telescope.
Updated: Feb 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers have discovered a unique planetary system where planets are arranged 'inside out'
The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.
Published: Feb 16, 2026 | By Biplab Das
A Jupiter-family comet stuns scientists by abruptly reversing its spin after perihelion
Predicted to reach perihelion again in 2028, it will give astronomers a chance to get additional insights.
Updated: Feb 16, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the 'clearest' image yet of Egg Nebula
As the name suggests, the nebula looks like a yolk hidden inside an opaque egg white.
Updated: Feb 13, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Massive gas giants in an alien star system may have formed the same way as Jupiter
The planets orbit a star around 133 light-years away from Earth.
Updated: Feb 11, 2026 | By Biplab Das
A gamma-ray burst raged on for seven hours. A researcher, who was behind its discovery, explains how.
Eliza Neights, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, cited a 'helium merger' as the cause behind the GRB.
Published: Feb 10, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA’s SPHEREx images 3I/ATLAS again, detects organic molecules in the interstellar comet
SPHEREx tracked the interstellar comet as it grew considerably brighter after perihelion.
Published: Feb 5, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the farthest galaxy ever detected
James Webb Space Telescope captures MoM-z14, a galaxy from just 280 million years after the Big Bang.
Published: Jan 29, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath