NASA's James Webb delivers first-ever detection of life's 'building blocks' in ice outside our galaxy
Researchers have discovered COMs frozen in ice near a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Published: Nov 7, 2025 | By Raj Naik
China's Mars mission Tianwen-1 captures rare images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The Tianwen-1 orbiter successfully imaged the object from a remarkable distance of approximately 30 million kilometers as it traversed the solar system.
Published: Nov 7, 2025 | By Raj Naik
ESA's Solar Orbiter captures first direct view of Sun's polar magnetic field in motion
Analyzing late March data from Solar Orbiter, researchers produced the first detailed map of the magnetic network and supergranulation at the Sun's south pole.
Published: Nov 6, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble Space Telescope unveils striking portrait of a spiral galaxy harboring an active nucleus
Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active cores impact their host galaxies.
Published: Nov 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Europa Clipper predicted to intercept charged material stream from comet 3I/ATLAS
The particle shower is forecasted to occur between October 30 and November 6, based on predictions from the new computer model, 'Tailcatcher.'
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Astrophysicist explains how Mars Orbiters captured closest view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb confirmed the CaSSIS image of 3I/ATLAS, a 'fuzzy ball of light,' is consistent with prior Hubble Space Telescope observations.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Juno captures most detailed imagery ever of Jupiter's moon Io, solar system's most volcanically active body
The JunoCam instrument captured these images from just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above Io, providing scientists with unprecedented views of the moon.
Published: Oct 7, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA's James Webb Telescope reveals glowing auroras and stormy skies on a starless alien world
Astronomers from Trinity College Dublin utilized the telescope's unmatched precision to study the starless world SIMP-0136, a fascinating rogue planet.
Published: Oct 1, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Scientists rush to coordinate spacecraft as massive comet 3I/ATLAS approaches Mars
The comet, first spotted by the ATLAS system in July 2025, has moved to the opposite side of the Sun. This positioning currently puts it out of view from Earth.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Webb Telescope makes 'invaluable discovery' solving mysteries of Moon formation from distant worlds
The study focuses on CT Cha b, a distant world situated 625 light-years from Earth.
Published: Sep 30, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Mars like you've never seen: Surreal images from NASA's Perseverance rover
Perseverance, NASA's Mars rover, is on a mission to find signs of ancient microbial life as part of the ongoing Mars Exploration Program.
Published: Sep 24, 2025 | By Raj Naik
ALMA's sharpest photo suggests Fomalhaut star's warped ring was sculpted by 'yet-to-be-seen' ancient planets
New, high-resolution images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show that the star's immense dust ring is not only warped, but its lopsidedness, or eccentricity, changes with distance from the star.
Published: Sep 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA's James Webb Telescope captures stunning image of warped 'Butterfly Star' 525 light-years away
Located within the Taurus star-forming region, 525 light-years away, the IRAS 04302+2247 system is offering scientists a rare, edge-on view of a protoplanetary disc.
Published: Sep 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Spacecraft's electrical discharges threaten safety of crucial space equipment. Study finds solution
The number of electrical discharges on a spacecraft correlates with the electrons in space, damaging the sensitive systems on board.
Published: Sep 5, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Webb Telescope discovers mysterious CO₂-rich disk with no water around a young star
This groundbreaking discovery is a direct contradiction to most known systems, where water vapor is the primary component.
Published: Sep 3, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s TESS detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS weeks before official discovery—and caught it in action
The satellite’s archival data indicates that the object in our solar system, two months before it was found, was clearly active and moving through space.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
NASA’s Chandra observed the violent internal conflict of a star before it exploded into a supernova
One of the most studied events in space, the Cassiopeia A supernova has much more to reveal about its past, as indicated by recent research.
Published: Aug 30, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Highest-resolution images of solar flare and coronal loops captured by Inouye Solar Telescope
The loops averaged 29 miles in width, possibly as thin as 13 miles, making them the smallest coronal loops ever imaged.
Published: Aug 26, 2025 | By Aparna Parameswaran
Promising Earth-sized exoplanet is ruled out as habitable by new James Webb Space Telescope observations
The exoplanet was initially flagged as a promising candidate after its 2022 discovery in TESS data.
Published: Aug 25, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s Perseverance rover investigating Mars’ megaripples makes fascinating discovery
The Perseverance rover is now studying the modern effects of wind and water on Mars, beginning with a key investigation of wind-formed megaripples at 'Kerrlaguna.'
Published: Aug 25, 2025 | By Raj Naik