NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures a rare jellyfish galaxy from 8.5 billion years ago
The light from the rare galaxy has challenged conceptions of what the universe would have been like in the early stages.
Published: Feb 20, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers stunned by unprecedented short and hot flares emitted by a supermassive black hole
The discovery challenges existing theories of how matter close to supermassive black holes behaves.
Published: Feb 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Artemis program could benefit from this new map of small mare ridges on the Moon
The map unveils small mare ridges, geologically young features that will aid the selection of landing sites for future Moon missions.
Published: Feb 18, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Astronomers find molecules vital for life in a nearby star-forming cloud
The dust and gas cloud designated L1544 is located 554 light-years away in the Taurus Molecular Cloud.
Published: Feb 18, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Billions of years ago, a wet and warm Mars was possibly in its most habitable era
Aluminium-rich pebbles found in the Jezero Crater indicate that Mars was far from a cold, icy planet billions of years ago, as stated in another theory.
Published: Feb 17, 2026 | By Biplab Das
A brown dwarf may have dimmed a star in what was one of the longest eclipses ever
While typical eclipses last a few days or weeks, this one lasted nearly 200 days.
Published: Feb 17, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Failing to go supernova, an Andromeda supergiant star quietly collapsed into a black hole
The star used to be one of the brightest star in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
Published: Feb 16, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have formed from the collision of two older moons, study finds
The collision may also be linked to the formation of the planet's iconic rings.
Published: Feb 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists may have directly observed a black hole tearing apart a white dwarf for the first time
Intermediate-mass black holes have been the missing link in the study of supermassive black holes.
Updated: Feb 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Red supergiant in a nearby galaxy not as close to death as once thought
The star, named WOH G64, is 1500 times larger than the Sun.
Published: Feb 11, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Dark matter powers the Milky Way’s heart instead of a black hole, new study claims
The theory explains the violent dance of stars around the galactic center.
Updated: Feb 10, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Andromeda is headed toward the Milky Way, while other galaxies are moving away—and now we know why
A sheet of dark matter lying beyond the boundary of the Local Group is responsible for this.
Published: Feb 9, 2026 | By Biplab Das
James Webb Space Telescope detects surprising abundance of organic molecules in nearby galaxy
The small organic molecules that were detected could be important for prebiotic chemistry.
Published: Feb 9, 2026 | By Biplab Das
A black hole belching out the remains of a star it ate is emitting more energy than the 'Death Star'
The radio waves emerging from the black hole will peak in 2027.
Published: Feb 6, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Atypical Martian dust storm provides clues about how some of the water on the Red Planet was lost
Northern hemisphere dust storm appears to have provided an avenue for water escape on Mars in Martian Year 37.
Published: Feb 5, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Sunspot region 4366 erupts with yet another X-class solar flare, causes radio blackout
The X4.2-rated flare erupted at 7:13 a.m. EST on February 4.
Updated: Feb 5, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Astronomers spot supernovas whose split light could tell us how fast the universe is expanding
One of the supernovas' light will arrive in another 60 years, while the other's will arrive in 1 to 2 years.
Published: Feb 5, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Lab-made cosmic dust could show how life began on Earth
The lab-made cosmic dust shows the same infrared signals as the dust found in outer space.
Published: Feb 4, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists create 3D map of the sun's magnetic interior to help improve predictions of solar flares
The scientists fed 30 years’ worth of data from satellites into a 3D Babcock–Leighton dynamo model.
Published: Feb 3, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Newly-formed sunspot triggers dozens of solar flares, including the strongest in nearly two years
The sunspot region released as many as four X-class flares in a span of 24 hours.
Updated: Feb 3, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath