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.
Dec 18, 2025
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.
Dec 18, 2025
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.
Dec 17, 2025
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.
Dec 17, 2025
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.
Dec 17, 2025
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).
Dec 16, 2025
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.
Dec 15, 2025
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.
Dec 15, 2025
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.
Dec 12, 2025
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.
Dec 12, 2025
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.
Dec 11, 2025
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.
Dec 11, 2025
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.
Dec 11, 2025
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.
Dec 10, 2025
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.
Dec 9, 2025
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.
Dec 9, 2025
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.
Dec 8, 2025
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.
Dec 8, 2025
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.
Dec 5, 2025
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.
Dec 4, 2025