Giant 'jet' of material detected on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS aiming at the Sun
Captured at the Teide Observatory in Spain's Canary Islands, the composite image was created by stacking 159 separate 50-second exposures.
Oct 24, 2025
Astronomers break down the truth behind Earth's 'second moon' expected to hang around our planet until 2083
An asteroid, designated 2025 PN7, has effectively become a long-term 'quasi-moon' to Earth.
Oct 23, 2025
Astronomers find second-fastest asteroid that poses 'uncomfortable' proximity to Earth
Astronomers are highly interested in the new asteroid 2025 SC79, which is notable for both its exceptionally fast orbit and its position in our planet's vicinity.
Oct 23, 2025
Moon dust collected by Chang'e 6 reveals water rich asteroids were common in the early solar system
Retrieved in June 2024, the lunar dust holds rare meteorite relics that give scientists an unfiltered view of the bombardment that shaped the early Earth and Moon.
Oct 23, 2025
Solar storm temporarily rips apart comet Lemmon's tail in rare celestial spectacle
A long-overdue solar blast struck, delivering a powerful hit to Earth and the newly discovered Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), causing a dramatic, though temporary, separation of the comet's tail.
Oct 22, 2025
Cosmic mystery solved? Dark matter may not be entirely 'dark' after all, new research suggests
Researchers at the University of York now propose that the elusive substance could leave a subtle, detectable red or blue 'fingerprint' on light.
Oct 21, 2025
Scientists uncover ancient rock fragment buried deep inside Earth — a relic from a 4.5-billion-year-old proto-planet
Researchers led by a team at MIT identified a unique chemical signature in ancient rocks pulled from deep within the Earth, including samples from Greenland, Canada, and the Hawaiian mantle.
Oct 20, 2025
Astronomers detect faint radio whisper from universe's unexplored era and it may unlock secrets to our cosmic past
Led by the Curtin University-based ICRAR, an international team of astronomers has ruled out a 'cold start' for the Epoch of Reionisation, a crucial, little-explored era in cosmic history.
Oct 17, 2025
Keck Observatory detects rare 'anti-solar tail' on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Discovered by ATLAS in July 2025, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third such visitor ever observed in our solar system.
Oct 17, 2025
Scientists detect a seven-hour gamma ray burst and trace it back to a black hole plunging into a bloated star
By compiling signals from the Einstein Probe and the Russian Konus-Wind spectrometer, scientists verified the unprecedented phenomenon.
Oct 16, 2025
Astronomers witness a supermassive black hole violently tearing apart a star thousands of light-years from galactic core
International astronomers used the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to detect a rapid, powerful surge of radio waves signaling the destruction of a star.
Oct 16, 2025
Organic compounds found on Enceladus suggest Saturn's moon may support alien life
A re-analysis of data from the defunct Cassini probe confirms the moon's subsurface ocean is more chemically rich than previously thought.
Oct 15, 2025
Astronomers baffled by mysterious 'super-puff' world that's challenging evolution models
According to preliminary analysis, the newly identified exoplanet TOI-4507 b is challenging fundamental theories governing how celestial bodies evolve.
Oct 15, 2025
Ancient texts suggest Arab scholars referenced supernovae way back in 1006 and 1181 AD
A new academic investigation suggests that previously unrecognized observations of the significant galactic supernovae SN 1006 and SN 1181 may be preserved within ancient Arabic writings.
Oct 15, 2025
Astronomers discover smallest dark matter clump ever — yet it has a mass a million times greater than our sun's
Dark matter is an invisible, enigmatic substance that makes up about 85% of the universe's total mass yet remains undetectable because it does not interact with light.
Oct 14, 2025
Earth's protective magnetic field has weakened over South Atlantic, reveals satellite data
New satellite data confirms that the South Atlantic Anomaly, a region of weakened magnetic field, has expanded since 2014 by an area equivalent to nearly half of continental Europe.
Oct 14, 2025
Astronomers discover star with a powerful magnetic field and an activity cycle 10 times faster than our Sun’s
The intricate magnetic lifecycle of Iota Horologii (ι Hor), a 600-million-year-old Sun-like star, was successfully mapped by scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam.
Oct 13, 2025
ALMA captures stunning evidence of cosmic tug-of-war between gravity and magnetic fields during star birth
Using ALMA, an international team achieved the most comprehensive mapping of magnetic fields yet, using the ALMA telescope to survey 17 massive star-forming regions.
Oct 13, 2025
Black hole shadows could finally help detect the universe’s 'invisible' dark matter, say scientists
The study presents a novel technique that utilizes the dark, shadow-like regions in black hole images taken by 'Event Horizon Telescope' to hunt for the invisible material comprising about 85% of all matter.
Oct 13, 2025
There's a 30 percent chance Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS does not have 'natural origin,' says Harvard astronomer
Researchers argue that 3I/ATLAS, a body roughly seven miles in diameter, is a lithified clastic fragment ripped from a sedimentary basin on a distant exoplanet that may once have been capable of supporting life.
Oct 13, 2025