ASTRONOMY

Dual-temperature plasma eruptions from sun-like star rewrite understanding of early Earth conditions

The outbursts were found to be a two-speed, two-temperature blast. This finding drastically changes our view of conditions on early planets like Earth.
Updated: Oct 30, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Breakthrough discovery may finally explain why the Sun's outer atmosphere burns hotter than its surface

Using the world's most powerful solar telescope, researchers secured the first direct evidence of tiny, twisting Alfvén waves.
Published: Oct 27, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers detect radio signals from a rare Halley-type comet first seen in 1812

The observation was made using the Tianma Radio Telescope located in Shanghai, China.
Published: Oct 27, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Jupiter's early growth reshaped the solar system and delayed the birth of Earth's rocky building blocks

A study resolves a longstanding paradox by showing that Jupiter's powerful gravitational influence carved distinct rings and gaps into the nascent solar system's disk.
Published: Oct 25, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Giant 'jet' of material detected on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS aiming at the Sun

Captured at the Teide Observatory in Spain's Canary Islands, the composite image was created by stacking 159 separate 50-second exposures.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers break down the truth behind Earth's 'second moon' expected to hang around our planet until 2083

An asteroid, designated 2025 PN7, has effectively become a long-term 'quasi-moon' to Earth.
Published: Oct 23, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers find second-fastest asteroid that poses 'uncomfortable' proximity to Earth

Astronomers are highly interested in the new asteroid 2025 SC79, which is notable for both its exceptionally fast orbit and its position in our planet's vicinity.
Published: Oct 23, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Moon dust collected by Chang'e 6 reveals water rich asteroids were common in the early solar system

Retrieved in June 2024, the lunar dust holds rare meteorite relics that give scientists an unfiltered view of the bombardment that shaped the early Earth and Moon.
Published: Oct 23, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Solar storm temporarily rips apart comet Lemmon's tail in rare celestial spectacle

A long-overdue solar blast struck, delivering a powerful hit to Earth and the newly discovered Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), causing a dramatic, though temporary, separation of the comet's tail.
Published: Oct 22, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Cosmic mystery solved? Dark matter may not be entirely 'dark' after all, new research suggests

Researchers at the University of York now propose that the elusive substance could leave a subtle, detectable red or blue 'fingerprint' on light.
Published: Oct 21, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Scientists uncover ancient rock fragment buried deep inside Earth — a relic from a 4.5-billion-year-old proto-planet

Researchers led by a team at MIT identified a unique chemical signature in ancient rocks pulled from deep within the Earth, including samples from Greenland, Canada, and the Hawaiian mantle.
Published: Oct 20, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers detect faint radio whisper from universe's unexplored era and it may unlock secrets to our cosmic past

Led by the Curtin University-based ICRAR, an international team of astronomers has ruled out a 'cold start' for the Epoch of Reionisation, a crucial, little-explored era in cosmic history.
Published: Oct 17, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Keck Observatory detects rare 'anti-solar tail' on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Discovered by ATLAS in July 2025, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third such visitor ever observed in our solar system.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Scientists detect a seven-hour gamma ray burst and trace it back to a black hole plunging into a bloated star

By compiling signals from the Einstein Probe and the Russian Konus-Wind spectrometer, scientists verified the unprecedented phenomenon.
Published: Oct 16, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers witness a supermassive black hole violently tearing apart a star thousands of light-years from galactic core

International astronomers used the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to detect a rapid, powerful surge of radio waves signaling the destruction of a star.
Published: Oct 16, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Organic compounds found on Enceladus suggest Saturn's moon may support alien life

A re-analysis of data from the defunct Cassini probe confirms the moon's subsurface ocean is more chemically rich than previously thought.
Published: Oct 15, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers baffled by mysterious 'super-puff' world that's challenging evolution models

According to preliminary analysis, the newly identified exoplanet TOI-4507 b is challenging fundamental theories governing how celestial bodies evolve.
Published: Oct 15, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Ancient texts suggest Arab scholars referenced supernovae way back in 1006 and 1181 AD

A new academic investigation suggests that previously unrecognized observations of the significant galactic supernovae SN 1006 and SN 1181 may be preserved within ancient Arabic writings.
Published: Oct 15, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Astronomers discover smallest dark matter clump ever — yet it has a mass a million times greater than our sun's

Dark matter is an invisible, enigmatic substance that makes up about 85% of the universe's total mass yet remains undetectable because it does not interact with light.
Updated: Oct 14, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

Earth's protective magnetic field has weakened over South Atlantic, reveals satellite data

New satellite data confirms that the South Atlantic Anomaly, a region of weakened magnetic field, has expanded since 2014 by an area equivalent to nearly half of continental Europe.
Published: Oct 14, 2025  |  By Raj Naik