ASTRONOMY

NASA's Hubble revisits Crab Nebula to capture its expansion 25 years after first observation

The new image captured by Hubble observes the nebula’s intricate filamentary structure.
Published: Mar 24, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

Moon may not have as much water ice as previously thought, posing challenge for future crewed missions

ShadowCam data shows no strong signal of ice-rich surface deposits in lunar PSRs.
Published: Mar 23, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

NASA's Juno mission shows Jupiter may be smaller and flatter than previously thought

The gas giant is narrower at the equator, but flatter at the poles.
Updated: Mar 25, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Oxygen on exoplanets is not necessarily a sign of life: A new study delves deeper into the problem

Oxygen on exoplanets can be the result of simple chemical processes rather than biological ones.
Published: Mar 20, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover finds buried river delta in Jezero, improves chances of finding life

The river delta could be between 3.7 billion and 4.2 billion years old.
Published: Mar 20, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Hubble Telescope accidentally captures comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking up after perihelion

The researchers had initially selected a different target for Hubble.
Published: Mar 19, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

The Sun's magnetic 'engine' is located 200,000 kilometers below its surface, new study claims

Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.
Published: Mar 18, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

One of Milky Way's neighbors is still reeling from a collision that sent its stars into chaos

Astronomers trace the Small Magellanic Cloud’s unusual stellar motions to a past cosmic encounter.
Published: Mar 18, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

3I/ATLAS isn't just older than our solar system—it may be almost as old as the universe itself

Earlier estimates of its age were around 7 billion years, but a new study suggests it’s much older.
Published: Mar 17, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Scientists detect dry ice in a planetary nebula for the first time using James Webb Telescope

What makes this discovery even more interesting is that ices are not known to survive in planetary nebulae.
Published: Mar 16, 2026  |  By Juhi Varma

Two exoplanets collided—and the impact was similar to the one that created Earth and the Moon

It all started when a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington found a Sun-like star behaving strangely.
Published: Mar 16, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Why is April's Full Moon called the Pink Moon? History and meaning explained

The seasonal lunar name traces back to spring phlox blooms in North America, not the actual color.
Published: Mar 13, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

High-speed solar wind from coronal hole expected to result in auroras on March 14-15

The coronal hole is a recurrent feature, having appeared in the last rotation as well.
Updated: Mar 13, 2026  |  By Juhi Varma

Cosmologist explains how the oldest Milky Way stars gave away the age of the universe

Elena Tomasetti of the University of Bologna discusses her team's calculation of the estimated age of the universe in an exclusive interview with Starlust.
Published: Mar 13, 2026  |  By Juhi Varma

Scientists find evidence our Sun may have migrated from the galaxy center with stellar 'twins'

Far from the harsh galaxy center, they reached a location that is hospitable for life.
Published: Mar 13, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

First-ever oval orbit detected in neutron star–black hole merger

GW200105 reveals an eccentric orbit before merger, challenging formation models.
Published: Mar 12, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

James Webb Space Telescope reveals strange features of auroral footprints of Jupiter's moon Io

While Jupiter's main aurora has a great deal of hot materials, a snapshot showed a cold spot in Io's auroral footprint.
Updated: Mar 12, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA scientist says terraforming Mars, at least in the near future, is a pipe dream

As a civilization, we currently just don't have the industrial might to make terraforming a reality.
Published: Mar 11, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

A meteorite crashed through the roof of a German home on March 8, reached as far as the bedroom

Damage reports have come from the Hunsrück region, the Eifel mountains, and Koblenz, among others.
Published: Mar 10, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Physicist says intense solar activity could make early 2026 a 'high-risk' window for Artemis II launch

This reason is enough to delay the Artemis II mission further, says a Mexican nuclear physicist to the Starlust team.
Published: Mar 10, 2026  |  By Biplab Das