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
NASA's Hubble captures new view of 3I/ATLAS as ESA’s Juice spots heightened comet activity
The Hubble captured the image on November 30, while Juice caught a glimpse of the interstellar visitor shortly after perihelion.
Published: Dec 5, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
NASA astronomers warn explosive satellite growth poses 'a very severe threat' to space telescope data
The population of satellites could grow to a massive 560,000 by the end of the 2030s.
Updated: Dec 16, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
Astronomers stunned by giant rotating chain of 14 galaxies—possibly the 'largest spinning object' ever discovered
The object in question is a cosmic filament, a thread-like chain of gas that is about 5.5 million light-years in length and 117,000 light-years in width.
Published: Dec 4, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
3I/ATLAS's anti-tail pointing toward the Sun may be created by a swarm of objects, says Harvard astronomer
Avi Loeb's hypothesis follows the reasoning that this tail stretches tens of thousands of miles and is bright enough to show up in stacked telescopic images.
Updated: Dec 3, 2025 | By Bhargavi PBA
First-ever map of Mars’ massive drainage systems hints the planet may once have been a world built for life
As many as 19 big clusters were discovered, but 16 of them crossed the threshold for large drainage basins.
Published: Dec 3, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
Earth hit by fierce X-class solar flare, triggering a significant radio blackout across Australia
The flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. ET on November 30 and triggered an R3-level radio blackout on the sunlit side of Earth.
Published: Dec 2, 2025 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
Giant sunspot larger than expected swings to face Earth after unleashing M-class solar flare
The sunspot, initially classified as large, came fully into view on November 30, confirming its truly vast size.
Updated: Dec 1, 2025 | By Raj Naik
What would happen to Earth if the Moon exploded?
The consequences of the Moon exploding will be felt in a variety of ways, and none of them will be good.
Updated: Dec 1, 2025 | By Mahalekshmi P
Perseverance rover detects electric discharge in Martian dust storms for the first time
The SuperCam's microphone unexpectedly picked up the signals from two dust devils.
Published: Nov 27, 2025 | By Raj Naik
New images show the death of 'other' comet ATLAS as it shatters into multiple fragments
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS, an Oort Cloud object found by ATLAS in May, skimmed past the Sun on October 8 at 31 million miles.
Published: Nov 27, 2025 | By Raj Naik