Astrophotographer livestreaming 3I/ATLAS at closest approach says he doesn't 'believe it is a comet'
Texas astrophotographer Raman Madhira is questioning the object’s identity, claiming it fails to meet the standard criteria for a comet.
Updated: Dec 19, 2025 | By Raj Naik
A closer look at the latest 3I/ATLAS image in X-ray light: What ESA's XMM-Newton observed
Most telescopes capture comets in visible light, but XMM-Newton deployed its high-sensitivity EPIC-pn camera for a 20-hour deep dive into 3I/ATLAS.
Published: Dec 19, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Does Saturn's moon Titan really have an underground ocean? New study raises doubts
Research suggests Titan lacks a unified sea; instead, it may have a 'slushy' interior where liquid water exists only in scattered pockets.
Updated: Dec 18, 2025 | By Raj Naik
New Cassini data suggest Saturn’s rings are thicker than they appear
Data shows microscopic particles floating at distances 3 times the planet's radius, revealing a massive vertical scale to the supposedly 'flat' rings.
Published: Dec 18, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Solar wind from giant coronal hole expected to hit Earth just before 3I/ATLAS' closest approach
A pair of massive solar eruptions, known as coronal mass ejections, was detected on December 16 and is currently on a direct collision course with Earth.
Updated: Dec 17, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds a lemon-shaped exoplanet with a never-before-seen atmosphere
Officially labelled PSR J2322-2650b, this Jupiter-mass planet has been deformed into a bizarre lemon shape by the sheer, crushing gravity of its host star.
Published: Dec 17, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Astronomers spot possible 'first-of-its-kind superkilonova' from two separate stellar explosions
The new candidate, AT2025ulz, initially acted like a kilonova, only to later mystify scientists by morphing into what appeared to be a common supernova.
Published: Dec 17, 2025 | By Raj Naik
3I/ATLAS' anti-tail longer than Earth–Moon distance, Harvard's Avi Loeb reiterates technological possibility
The average distance between Earth and the Moon is 384,400 kilometers (about 238,855 miles).
Published: Dec 16, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
Comet 3I/ATLAS displays greenish hue in new Gemini North images
Captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on November 26, 2025, this striking green hue replaces the comet's previously observed reddish color.
Published: Dec 15, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Uranus and Neptune may be more rocky than icy, new study reveals
'The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood,' said experts.
Published: Dec 15, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe caught the unexpected—the Sun's solar wind making a U-turn
The discovery is based on observations made during the probe's record-setting dive in December 2024, when it came within a mere 3.8 million miles of the Sun.
Updated: Dec 12, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Earth's atmosphere hidden on the Moon may prove to be life-sustaining for future astronauts
University of Rochester researchers have evidence that Earth's magnetic field may have funnelled key elements from our atmosphere to the Moon.
Published: Dec 12, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Bizarre spider-like feature spotted on Jupiter's Moon Europa may be similar to those on Earth
The spider-like feature may offer clues about subsurface liquid water on Europa.
Updated: Dec 11, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
3I/ATLAS update: First X-ray detection suggests the comet behaves like its solar system counterparts
The 17-hour X-ray study, performed in late November 2025, captured a subtle X-ray glow emanating from 3I/ATLAS's core.
Published: Dec 11, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Moon dust brought back 50 years ago is now revealing how the Sun changes the lunar surface
The degree of space weather impact determines how bright soils appear.
Published: Dec 11, 2025 | By Raj Naik
What will happen when the Sun runs out of fuel?
Astronomer Dr. Christopher Manser has stated that the Sun will run out of hydrogen in its core as it dies, becoming a red giant in about 5 billion years.
Updated: Dec 10, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Sun fires off massive X-class flare resulting in radio blackouts in Australia and parts of Southeast Asia
The enormous burst of energy, which peaked at 12:01 a.m. on December 8, was imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Published: Dec 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
First discoveries from Subaru Telescope's OASIS survey reveal a massive planet and a brown dwarf
The findings represent the first major results from OASIS, a program that uses advanced telescope instruments to seek out large planets and brown dwarfs.
Published: Dec 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA and NOAA forecast CME impact on December 9, geomagnetic storm warning issued
The space weather alert was triggered by an M8-class solar flare from sunspot 4299 on December 6, which immediately preceded the incoming CME.
Published: Dec 8, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Time moves faster on Mars than on Earth—physicists explain why
Physicists found that clocks on Mars will tick 477 microseconds (millionths of a second) faster than on Earth per day, on average.
Published: Dec 8, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P