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.
Published: Aug 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.
Published: Aug 18, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.
Published: Aug 17, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.'
Published: Aug 14, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.
Published: Aug 12, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.
Published: Aug 11, 2025 | By Raj Naik
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.
Published: Aug 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Interstellar mission to black hole could span about 80 to 100 years, astrophysicist claims
Astrophysicist Bambi proposes using Earth-based lasers to propel a small, lightsail-equipped probe to a nearby black hole, a 70-year journey covering 20 to 25 light-years.
Updated: Aug 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Astronomers discover universe's oldest confirmed black hole—formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang
Found in the distant galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, this black hole is 300 million times bigger than our sun.
Published: Aug 8, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Supergiant star baffles astronomers by surviving mysterious blast, expelling gas cloud bigger than our solar system
This colossal structure, the largest ever seen in the Milky Way, holds the mass of our sun.
Published: Aug 7, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Scientists successfully mapped magnetic fields at Milky Way's heart to unlock how stars form
Researchers call this zone an 'astrophysical Rosetta Stone' because it helps them understand the complex interplay between dense gas clouds, star formation, and powerful magnetic fields in our galaxy.
Published: Aug 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Watch one of the universe's elusive black holes gravitationally tearing apart a star in a burst of radiation
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are the long-sought 'missing link' between small stellar-mass black holes and supermassive ones.
Published: Aug 3, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Alien life on planet K2-18b? Scientists say otherwise after reassessing new James Webb data
Earlier, a group of Cambridge scientists claimed there were signs of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide, molecules produced by living organisms on Earth, in K2-18b's atmosphere
Updated: Aug 1, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Scientists successfully simulate extreme conditions of icy moons in deep space—stunned by unexpected results
Researchers used a specially constructed low-pressure chamber to simulate the near-vacuum-like conditions found on Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Published: Jul 30, 2025 | By Raj Naik
High-energy particles from space could be vital for life hidden beneath Mars and beyond, says new study
The research radically alters our understanding of where life could exist in the universe, broadening the search beyond environments warmed by sunlight or volcanic activity.
Published: Jul 30, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA confirms a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth on July 28: 'If there were a threat...'
Thie asteroid measures an estimated 210 feet (roughly 64 meters), comparable to the length of a passenger jet.
Updated: Jul 28, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Astronomers find the ‘missing’ 40 percent of the universe's matter in hot ‘fogs’ between galaxies
A huge filament of hot gas that is bridging four galaxy clusters was found, and it could contain some of the missing matter of the universe.
Published: Jul 25, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Listen to the intricate structure of the Vela Pulsar system sonified using data from Chandra and Hubble
The data collected about the neutron star was processed using sonification and transformed into sound, aligning with the anomaly’s nature.
Published: Jul 24, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Study by NASA and Oxford reveals Uranus possesses more internal heat than previously thought
Adding to this puzzle, data from NASA's 1986 Voyager 2 flyby had suggested an exceptionally cold interior, prompting scientists to re-evaluate core theories on how planets form and evolve.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Biggest Martian rock on Earth sells for $5.3 million at auction, marking a record-breaking moment in space memorabilia
Scientists believe the 54-pound Martian rock NWA 16788, found in Niger's Sahara in November 2023, traveled 140 million miles to Earth after an asteroid ejected it from Mars.
Published: Jul 19, 2025 | By Raj Naik