A strange 'crystal' in spacetime could be all it takes to form a tiny black hole, study hints
Scientists have described for the first time how spacetime could crystallize into a tiny black hole.
Published: Jun 11, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
James Webb detects most distant dormant black hole ever found at over 10 billion light-years away
The detection may help answer how black holes and galaxies evolve together.
Published: Jun 8, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
A 50-year-old secret of Milky Way's central supermassive black hole is finally out
Astrophysicists at Northwestern University have found evidence of a powerful wind blowing away from the Sagittarius A*.
Published: Jun 7, 2026 | By Biplab Das
What happened to black holes from the Big Bang? Study says they might be alive today as white holes
The study found that the lifetime of black holes is far longer than initially thought.
Published: Jun 5, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Many planets have 'diesel engines' that fill their atmosphere with soot, new study finds
A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters says that many planets in the universe may be shrouded in soot, thanks to their high pressures and temperatures.
Published: Jun 4, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers finally solve the mystery of long-period radio signals from deep space
"It’s not often you get to play a role in discoveries of this magnitude."
Published: Jun 4, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Hubble captures images of M88 on its collision course with M87 in the Virgo Cluster
As M88 heads towards M87 through the intracluster medium, it is being stripped of star-forming gas.
Published: Jun 3, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers spent 6 years studying a supermassive black hole’s revival. Here’s what they found
Standard theories don't fully explain how fast this black hole changed states.
Published: Jun 3, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Another planet in our early solar system? First evidence of Moon-sized object found from meteorite
Scientists found proof that a giant early planet existed in the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
Published: Jun 3, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Astronomers spot rare cosmic blast that may have completely erased a giant star
Astronomers initially thought the explosion was a Type II supernova, but some things just didn't add up.
Published: Jun 2, 2026 | By Disita Sikdar
Scientists have found a way to weigh newborn planets—the key is to read 'between the rings'
The bright rings that newborn planets create around their young stars can be studied to figure out their masses.
Updated: Jun 2, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
James Webb Space Telescope has found a stellar bar that should not exist
A stellar bar has been discovered in the galaxy GN20, which dates back to just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.
Published: Jun 2, 2026 | By Disita Sikdar
Most massive galaxies stopped producing stars very early on in their lives—scientists find out why
To find answers, scientists looked into two very different populations—Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies and Massive Quiescent Galaxies.
Published: May 29, 2026 | By Disita Sikdar
Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Horsehead Nebula after over 115 hours of observation
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer spent 115 hours collecting image data with a Radian Raptor 61 mm telescope an astronomy camera.
Published: May 29, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Black hole binaries in the universe are produced in more than one way, says new study
Scientists analyzed hundreds of collisions before concluding that black hole binaries originate in distinct sub-populations.
Published: May 28, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures dwarf irregular galaxy located 23 million light-years away
The telescope operational for over 35 years has been looking at the movement of cosmic matter.
Published: May 28, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Using TESS, scientists discover extremely rare triple star system where three stars eclipse each other
Located 3,080 light-years away, the system has a binary pair regularly eclipsed by a massive giant.
Published: May 28, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists found a galaxy so old its chemistry points directly to the universe's very first stars
An international team studied the ultra-faint galaxy LAP1-B and found it to be the most chemically bare galaxy ever observed in the early universe.
Published: May 27, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Subaru, James Webb study galaxy cluster from 12.6 billion years ago—here's what they found
The study provides fresh insights into the formation of massive clusters in the early universe.
Published: May 27, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Supermassive black holes could be making exoplanets unsuitable for life, finds new study
The study suggests SMBHs could threaten exoplanet habitability, even within the Goldilocks Zone.
Published: May 26, 2026 | By Disita Sikdar