Scientists find life-supporting organic compounds in meteorite that struck New Jersey home
The meteorite also offers fresh insights into the history of the early solar system.
Published: 1 hour ago | By Biplab Das
'Like a 4-billion-year-old weather report': NASA's Perseverance offers glimpse of ancient Mars
The rover's study of ancient rocks reveals how asteroid impacts shaped soil layers on Mars.
Published: 6 hours ago | By Biplab Das
Four uninhabitable worlds six light-years away—new data reveals more about Barnard's Star planets
From orbits to composition, here's what new data tells us about the Barnard's Star planetary system.
Published: 11 hours ago | By Biplab Das
'Found you!': Astronomers find the faintest planet ever photographed after 11 years of hide and seek
Beta Pictoris is now the second known system where more than two planets have been directly imaged.
Published: 1 day ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Four dead stars discovered not too far from Earth stun scientists
"It's a reminder that even in our own cosmic neighborhood, we can still find surprises if we look in the right way, at the right wavelengths."
Published: 2 days ago | By Biplab Das
First 'true sugar' molecule found in interstellar space could reshape what we know of life's origins
The new discovery suggests that sugar, essential to life on Earth, may have come from space.
Published: 3 days ago | By Biplab Das
All about Sunrise III: Balloon-borne observatory whose data is providing fresh insights into the Sun
Thanks to Sunrise III, researchers were able to track acoustic waves within the photosphere and chromosphere for the first time ever.
Published: 4 days ago | By Biplab Das
Could a world trapped in endless day and night still host life? Here's what scientists found
These exoplanets seem too harsh to harbor life, but life might still find a way.
Published: 4 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists find AI can be fooled into detecting false signs of alien life
In virtual experiments, AI repeatedly misread dead digital organisms as self-replicating life.
Published: Jul 9, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Will Earth survive the Sun’s death? Here’s what a new study found
It all comes down to a tug-of-war that Earth might just win.
Published: Jul 9, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Japan’s Hayabusa2 completes high-speed flyby of asteroid Torifune, releases new images
The flyby, although successful, was not a part of the original plan for Hayabusa2.
Published: Jul 7, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Chinese space probe travels 621 million miles over 400 days to study an asteroid, shares photo
The probe has imaged the asteroid and will carry out scientific tests after landing on it.
Published: Jul 6, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Why is Sun's atmosphere hotter than its own surface? Long-standing mystery may finally have an answer
This question has stumped scientists for decades, and the answer may have been hiding in plain sight.
Published: Jul 3, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
A Jupiter-sized planet miraculously survived the death of its host star—James Webb finds how
There are two theories about how planet WD 1856 b survived. Here's what scientists think happened.
Published: Jul 2, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
A powerful X-class solar flare just erupted from the Sun—Here's what to know about it
Scientists are currently trying to determine if a coronal mass ejection (CME) was also launched.
Published: Jul 1, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Rubin Observatory begins 10-year survey to create the 'greatest cosmic movie ever'
Rubin is now capturing a new detailed image approximately every 40 seconds, covering faint objects, as well as fleeting events in the sky.
Published: Jul 1, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Solar storms may be protecting Earth from even the strongest of cosmic rays
The discovery could transform how researchers monitor and forecast solar storms that have harmful effects on satellites, communication systems, and power grids.
Published: Jun 30, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Ancient Mars may have seen geological activity once thought unique to Earth
Despite lacking moving plates, the Red planet's magmatic systems may have run for thousands of kilometers.
Published: Jun 30, 2026 | By Biplab Das
International Asteroid Day 2026: Here's a look at NASA's most important asteroid missions
NASA has reached major milestones in asteroid exploration. Here are five highlights.
Published: Jun 30, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Asteroid Day 2026: Remembering the 1908 Tunguska event that flattened 772 square miles of Siberian forest
That asteroid explosion over Tunguska was 1,000 times stronger than the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
Published: Jun 29, 2026 | By Biplab Das