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