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JWST captured a stunning mid-infrared view of Wolf-Rayet Apep, showing four spiraling dust shells around a chaotic triple-star system. Two massive stars forge carbon dust in colliding winds while a third star carves holes through each layer.
Credit: NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ STScI
Credit: NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ STScI
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
JWST captured a stunning mid-infrared view of Wolf-Rayet Apep, showing four spiraling dust shells around a chaotic triple-star system. Two massive stars forge carbon dust in colliding winds while a third star carves holes through each layer.
Credit: NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ STScI
Credit: NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ STScI
Astronomers are grappling with a wild idea: Harvard’s Avi Loeb suggests that 3I/ATLAS might have “thrusters” strong jets pointing toward the Sun (its unusual “anti-tail”) possibly hinting at a technological, not just cometary, object.
Credit: David Jewitt / Jane Luu
Credit: David Jewitt / Jane Luu
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Astronomers are grappling with a wild idea: Harvard’s Avi Loeb suggests that 3I/ATLAS might have “thrusters” strong jets pointing toward the Sun (its unusual “anti-tail”) possibly hinting at a technological, not just cometary, object.
Credit: David Jewitt / Jane Luu
Credit: David Jewitt / Jane Luu
The Sun just erupted with the strongest solar flare of 2025, an X5.1-class blast that triggered radio blackouts over Africa and Europe and sent shockwaves through Earth’s atmosphere.
Image Credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre
Image Credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Sun just erupted with the strongest solar flare of 2025, an X5.1-class blast that triggered radio blackouts over Africa and Europe and sent shockwaves through Earth’s atmosphere.
Image Credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre
Image Credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre
Astronomers have found the first gap-clearing planet, WISPIT 2b nestled inside the rings of its star’s debris disk, it could be the missing link in planetary formation.
Credit: ESO/Laird Close, University of Arizona, R. F. van Capelleveen et al
Credit: ESO/Laird Close, University of Arizona, R. F. van Capelleveen et al
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Astronomers have found the first gap-clearing planet, WISPIT 2b nestled inside the rings of its star’s debris disk, it could be the missing link in planetary formation.
Credit: ESO/Laird Close, University of Arizona, R. F. van Capelleveen et al
Credit: ESO/Laird Close, University of Arizona, R. F. van Capelleveen et al
Scientists suggest a “caterpillar-like” wormhole connecting two entangled black holes a bumpy tunnel in spacetime where quantum chaos shapes the geometry. A bold step toward uniting quantum physics and gravity.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Scientists suggest a “caterpillar-like” wormhole connecting two entangled black holes a bumpy tunnel in spacetime where quantum chaos shapes the geometry. A bold step toward uniting quantum physics and gravity.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a gargantuan ravenous black hole in the ancient universe—nicknamed BiRD (Big Red Dot) that existed just 4 billion years after the Big Bang.
Image credit: F. Loiacono, NASA, ESA, CSA
Image credit: F. Loiacono, NASA, ESA, CSA
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a gargantuan ravenous black hole in the ancient universe—nicknamed BiRD (Big Red Dot) that existed just 4 billion years after the Big Bang.
Image credit: F. Loiacono, NASA, ESA, CSA
Image credit: F. Loiacono, NASA, ESA, CSA
3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet spotted in 2025, shows vaporised nickel far from the Sun metal usually won’t evaporate there. It hints at the comet formed in a distant, cold star system, possibly older than our Sun.
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet spotted in 2025, shows vaporised nickel far from the Sun metal usually won’t evaporate there. It hints at the comet formed in a distant, cold star system, possibly older than our Sun.
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
Image: NASA/ESA/AP
Scientists have just taken a big leap toward solving one of physics' greatest mysteries: why our universe is filled with matter instead of equal parts matter and antimatter. A groundbreaking joint study of “ghost particles” suggests these shape-shifters may tip the balance.
Credit: Adis Resic
Credit: Adis Resic
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Scientists have just taken a big leap toward solving one of physics' greatest mysteries: why our universe is filled with matter instead of equal parts matter and antimatter. A groundbreaking joint study of “ghost particles” suggests these shape-shifters may tip the balance.
Credit: Adis Resic
Credit: Adis Resic
The mysterious carbon star CW Leonis glows within a web of shells and arcs — a cosmic masterpiece of carbon dust and light. Its fiery layers may hold clues to how the carbon in us once drifted through dying stars like this one.
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The mysterious carbon star CW Leonis glows within a web of shells and arcs — a cosmic masterpiece of carbon dust and light. Its fiery layers may hold clues to how the carbon in us once drifted through dying stars like this one.
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)
Scientists have found the first evidence of a 4.5 billion year-old proto-Earth buried deep within our planet remnants of an ancient world that existed before Earth. A hidden piece of our planet’s origin story might finally be uncovered.
Credit: (Artist's Illustration) Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
Credit: (Artist's Illustration) Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Scientists have found the first evidence of a 4.5 billion year-old proto-Earth buried deep within our planet remnants of an ancient world that existed before Earth. A hidden piece of our planet’s origin story might finally be uncovered.
Credit: (Artist's Illustration) Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
Credit: (Artist's Illustration) Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
A galactic duet in Cepheus
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) dazzles with 10 supernovae in just a century, while nearby open cluster NGC 6939 shines only 5,600 light-years away. A cosmic blend of beauty and distance.
Image Credit & Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) dazzles with 10 supernovae in just a century, while nearby open cluster NGC 6939 shines only 5,600 light-years away. A cosmic blend of beauty and distance.
Image Credit & Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A galactic duet in Cepheus
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) dazzles with 10 supernovae in just a century, while nearby open cluster NGC 6939 shines only 5,600 light-years away. A cosmic blend of beauty and distance.
Image Credit & Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) dazzles with 10 supernovae in just a century, while nearby open cluster NGC 6939 shines only 5,600 light-years away. A cosmic blend of beauty and distance.
Image Credit & Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro
China's first REUSABLE rocket, Zhuque-3, has completed engine tests and begun final preparations before its maiden flight.
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
China's first REUSABLE rocket, Zhuque-3, has completed engine tests and begun final preparations before its maiden flight.
NEWS: Astronomers announce discovery of a "Super-Earth" in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star just 22 light years away
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEWS: Astronomers announce discovery of a "Super-Earth" in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star just 22 light years away
Scientists are turning pulsars rapidly spinning dead stars into cosmic detectors to uncover ripples in spacetime from supermassive black holes and the early universe. A new frontier in gravitational wave astronomy.
Credit: NASA | ESA
Credit: NASA | ESA
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Scientists are turning pulsars rapidly spinning dead stars into cosmic detectors to uncover ripples in spacetime from supermassive black holes and the early universe. A new frontier in gravitational wave astronomy.
Credit: NASA | ESA
Credit: NASA | ESA
A cosmic broom sweeping the stars, NGC 6960, the Witch’s Broom Nebula, is a glowing remnant of a star that exploded 10,000 years ago. Its stunning red and blue filaments are shockwaves of hydrogen and oxygen dancing 1,400 light-years away in Cygnus.
Credit: Brian Meyers
Credit: Brian Meyers
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A cosmic broom sweeping the stars, NGC 6960, the Witch’s Broom Nebula, is a glowing remnant of a star that exploded 10,000 years ago. Its stunning red and blue filaments are shockwaves of hydrogen and oxygen dancing 1,400 light-years away in Cygnus.
Credit: Brian Meyers
Credit: Brian Meyers
A newborn world caught in the act. NASA’s new image shows WISPIT 2b, a baby planet forming inside a ring of gas and dust around its star. It’s the first-ever photo of its kind, offering a rare glimpse into planetary birth.
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A newborn world caught in the act. NASA’s new image shows WISPIT 2b, a baby planet forming inside a ring of gas and dust around its star. It’s the first-ever photo of its kind, offering a rare glimpse into planetary birth.
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it.
Credit: Peter Bresseler
Credit: Peter Bresseler
September 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A tiny dark nebula floats in front of the glowing Eagle Nebula, stark in silhouette. This small Bok globule just a fraction of a light-year across lies about 7,000 light-years away, with young stars and gas glowing behind it.
Credit: Peter Bresseler
Credit: Peter Bresseler
NGC 6357, dubbed the “Cathedral to Massive Stars,” dazzles in JWST’s view. Once thought a single 200-solar-mass star, Pismis 24-1 is actually three giants—each near 100 Suns! Newborn stars still emerge in this cosmic cathedral.
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NGC 6357, dubbed the “Cathedral to Massive Stars,” dazzles in JWST’s view. Once thought a single 200-solar-mass star, Pismis 24-1 is actually three giants—each near 100 Suns! Newborn stars still emerge in this cosmic cathedral.
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, JWST
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
September 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Rare asperitas clouds ripple above New Zealand, creating a surreal, wave-like sky. Recently recognized as a distinct cloud type, their origins remain a mystery, but their beauty is undeniable.
Image Credit: Witta Priester
Image Credit: Witta Priester
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Rare asperitas clouds ripple above New Zealand, creating a surreal, wave-like sky. Recently recognized as a distinct cloud type, their origins remain a mystery, but their beauty is undeniable.
Image Credit: Witta Priester
Image Credit: Witta Priester
Scientists traced the invisible scaffolding of dark matter using over 100,000 Lyman-alpha galaxies in three eras after the Big Bang. These “cosmic fingerprints” reveal how galaxies like ours grew.
Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
September 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Scientists traced the invisible scaffolding of dark matter using over 100,000 Lyman-alpha galaxies in three eras after the Big Bang. These “cosmic fingerprints” reveal how galaxies like ours grew.
Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
Credit: Rutgers Sci & ODIN Survey
A surprise from the skies! While capturing the dazzling Pleiades star cluster (M45), a bright meteor streaked through, leaving a glowing green trail of vaporized metals. A cosmic photo-bomb worth keeping.
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A surprise from the skies! While capturing the dazzling Pleiades star cluster (M45), a bright meteor streaked through, leaving a glowing green trail of vaporized metals. A cosmic photo-bomb worth keeping.
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al Jasmi
Meet the icons of Orion: the Horsehead Nebula, a shadowy dust cloud shaped by chance, and the fiery Flame Nebula, glowing with hydrogen and streaked with dark filaments. Together, they paint one of the sky’s most breathtaking scenes.
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Meet the icons of Orion: the Horsehead Nebula, a shadowy dust cloud shaped by chance, and the fiery Flame Nebula, glowing with hydrogen and streaked with dark filaments. Together, they paint one of the sky’s most breathtaking scenes.
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
NGC 7027, the “Pillow Nebula,” is one of the smallest yet brightest planetary nebulas we know just 600 years young! Once a calm shell of gas, it now ejects dust in striking four-cornered patterns, hinting at a mysterious central star system.
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NGC 7027, the “Pillow Nebula,” is one of the smallest yet brightest planetary nebulas we know just 600 years young! Once a calm shell of gas, it now ejects dust in striking four-cornered patterns, hinting at a mysterious central star system.
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble
Hours before its death, a massive star violently reshuffled its insides then exploded into Cassiopeia A. NASA’s Chandra data reveals this last-minute chaos, offering new clues into how stars live, die & transform the cosmos
Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.
Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.
August 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hours before its death, a massive star violently reshuffled its insides then exploded into Cassiopeia A. NASA’s Chandra data reveals this last-minute chaos, offering new clues into how stars live, die & transform the cosmos
Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.
Credit: NASA/CXC/Meiji Univ./T. Sato et al.