About Author
Raj is a space writer at Starlust, specializing in translating complex astronomical phenomena into clear, engaging narratives. With a foundation in science communication and a background in journalism, he applies a structured, research-driven approach to covering topics across astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, and observational astronomy.
His work spans a range of subjects, from stellar evolution and galactic dynamics to orbital mechanics and skywatching event guides, grounded in current scientific research and peer-reviewed studies. Raj is particularly focused on making cutting-edge discoveries in space science accessible to general audiences, without compromising on technical accuracy.
Driven by a strong belief that science writing should both educate and provoke inquiry, he constructs each piece to not only explain what we know about the universe, but how we’ve come to know it, highlighting methods, instrumentation, and scientific reasoning behind the facts.
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
SpaceX set to launch upgraded Starship V3 for ambitious missions after successful V2 swansong
Founder Elon Musk and company leadership have loudly proclaimed Version 3's ambitious purpose: achieving orbital flight en route to the Moon and Mars.
Oct 15, 2025
Watch out for fireballs as Taurid meteor shower 2025 set to begin on October 20
Though the North and South Taurids only yield around ten meteors per hour during their overlap, they are renowned for generating brilliant, bright fireballs.
Oct 14, 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
Twin spiral 'arms' caught feeding a black hole in the Circinus galaxy
Zeroing in on the Circinus Galaxy, located just 13 million light-years away, the research team meticulously analyzed archival data captured by ALMA.
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
SpaceX nails final Starship test flight to set the stage for bold Mars and Moon missions
The towering rocket lifted off from the Starbase facility in South Texas at 6:23 p.m. CT on Monday, October 13, 2025.
Oct 14, 2025
Astronomers' cosmic discovery reveals extreme starburst galaxy concealed behind distant quasar
An international research collective has serendipitously discovered an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG), a system intensely forming stars, hidden behind the distant and well-known Cloverleaf quasar, H1413+117.
Oct 13, 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
SpaceX set to launch Starship's 11th flight test on October 13
The launch window for the eleventh Starship flight test is scheduled to open on Monday, October 13, at 6:15 p.m. Central Time (CT).
Oct 12, 2025
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) to make its closest approach to Earth on October 20—here's how to spot it before the big day
On October 20, the celestial visitor will reach the closest to Earth, passing at a distance of approximately 39 million kilometers.
Oct 10, 2025
Physicists predict dark matter will doom the Universe to a catastrophic 'Big Crunch' soon
This model predicts that the universe will reach its maximum size in approximately 11 billion years, then rapidly start contracting.
Oct 10, 2025
Martian craters reveal long term decline in water on the Red Planet, new study claims
Scientists have long tried to pinpoint the forces that turned a potentially water-rich Mars into the arid world we see today.
Oct 10, 2025
Astronomers achieve historic first image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other
Researchers focused on the quasar OJ287, an intensely bright galactic core whose erratic light patterns had long suggested the presence of a pair of orbiting black holes.
Oct 10, 2025
Asteroid the size of a skyscraper set for a close approach to Earth this month—should we be worried?
The asteroid's orbit is highly elliptical (stretched-out), causing it to take approximately 2.65 years (967 days) to complete one trip around the Sun.
Oct 9, 2025
Moon will pass directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster in constellation Taurus today—when and how to watch
Slated for the night of October 9–10, 2025, the celestial spectacle will feature the brightly lit waning gibbous Moon (86% illuminated).
Oct 9, 2025
Astronomers uncover 'most pristine' star, a cosmic relic from the early universe
Designated SDSS J0715-7334, the newly identified red giant star exhibits the lowest level of metallicity ever recorded.
Oct 9, 2025