NASA's 'Accident' helps understand hidden chemistry of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn
A peculiar object is helping astronomers explain why a common element remained undetected in the Jupiter and Saturn atmospheres.
Sep 11, 2025
Scientists discover early-type 'runaway' dwarf galaxy wandering alone after being ejected from its group
The findings would help astronomers learn more about the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies, particularly the ones that have been isolated from their original groups.
Sep 10, 2025
NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 'exceptionally rare' cosmic event: 5 galaxies colliding in deep space
Astronomers have found a newly identified system, unofficially named 'JWST's Quintet,' where at least five galaxies and 17 star-forming clumps are merging.
Sep 8, 2025
NASA’s TESS captures two Earth-like exoplanets orbiting an orange dwarf
The satellite found two rocky exoplanets comparable to Earth in size, orbiting a nearby K-type star, as candidates for its mission.
Sep 6, 2025
'Infant' universe had magnetic fields weaker than your typical toy magnet, study reveals
The magnetic fields of the early universe only had enough strength to be compared to the magnetism of neurons in the human brain.
Sep 5, 2025
Breakthrough discovery reveals the origin of hypervelocity white dwarfs racing through space at over 2000 km/s
These stellar remnants, capable of traveling over 2,000 kilometers per second, are now believed to be the high-speed survivors of a rare type of supernova explosion.
Sep 4, 2025
Evidence of ‘standing shocks’ in black hole accretion flows rewrites our understanding of cosmic signals
'This advances our understanding of accretion physics, a field central to unraveling black hole behavior and galaxy evolution,' explained a scientist.
Aug 31, 2025
Heart of Butterfly Nebula in the constellation Scorpius reveals clues to Earth's creation
This new James Webb image focuses on the centre of the Butterfly Nebula and its dusty torus, giving us a view of its complex structure.
Aug 29, 2025
Astronomers find a 5.5 million light-years-long 'galaxy filament' connecting 14 galaxies
This cosmic web filament is reported to have a thickness of 2.6 to 3.3 million light years.
Aug 27, 2025
Research on Ryugu asteroid uncovers minerals older than any found on Earth
Hayabusa2’s Ryugu samples provide insights into Earth’s early water, organic materials, and the beginnings of life.
Aug 26, 2025
Black holes could be a source of the universe’s mysterious dark energy, new study suggests
According to a new model, the death of stars and their collapse into black holes might be a key mechanism for generating dark energy.
Aug 24, 2025
Accidental double zooming pinpoints unexpected millimeter waves near supermassive black hole's core
A rare gravitational lensing event, dubbed an 'accidental double zoom' by astronomers, allowed for a breakthrough observation of the distant quasar RXJ1131-1231.
Aug 22, 2025
'Stripped-to-the-bone' supernova offers first direct look inside a dying star's core
'This event quite literally looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before,' shared a senior author on the study.
Aug 22, 2025
Astronomers find 62 new quasars including the most luminous 'FeLoBAL' ever found
Quasars are celestial powerhouses with supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies that are furiously devouring matter.
Aug 21, 2025
Ursa Major III may be a dense star cluster hiding a black hole core, claim astrophysicists
Its high mass-to-light ratio has long baffled scientists, leading to the assumption that Ursa Major III is a dwarf galaxy consisting mostly of dark matter.
Aug 18, 2025
Astronomers discover a new type of supernova erupted from exploding star's deadly encounter with black hole
The explosion, designated SN 2023zkd, was quickly flagged by an AI algorithm, enabling researchers to make crucial observations with a variety of telescopes.
Aug 17, 2025
Astronomers surprised after spotting 'Eye of Sauron' in deep space: 'Never seen anything like it'
Using 15 years of ultra-precise radio observations from the Very Long Baseline Ar-ray, researchers reconstructed a deep image of the blazar jet and 'it looked stunning.'
Aug 14, 2025
Astronomers witness supermassive black hole waking up from a long slumber for the first time
This discovery provides a rare look at 'feedback,' the initial stage where a black hole begins to influence its host galaxy.
Aug 12, 2025
Astronomers discover 'Cosmic Grapes,' a clumpy rotating galaxy formed 900 million years after Big Bang
New observations from ALMA and the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that the galaxy is not a smooth disk, but is instead composed of at least 15 massive, star-forming clumps.
Aug 11, 2025
Astronomers find potential 'Avatar' planet just 4.3 light-years away using Webb Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has provided compelling evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest Sun-like star to Earth.
Aug 9, 2025