The Moon suddenly lights up? Strange flashes and glows still puzzle scientists around the world |
Astronomers have observed odd and strange lights on the Moon, or Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLPs), for centuries. These…
Orionid meteor shower to hit 2025 peak. When it is, how to view
The Orionid meteor shower, which is due to peak in a matter of days, is the second shower…
WISPIT 2b: Scientists capture the birth of a five-million-year-old planet, nearly 1,000 times younger than Earth
In a major breakthrough, astronomers have directly imaged a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming inside a gap in…
New telescope cuts through space noise in search for Earth-like planets: PoET and PLATO |
Source: European Commission Across the billions of stars and galaxies in the universe, Earth remains the only known…
6,000 exoplanets found beyond our solar system. Are any like Earth?
For 30 years, the world’s astronomers have searched the cosmos for exoplanets. We recently hit a milestone now…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…
Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
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Comet 3I/ATLAS seen with glowing tail by telescope
A ground telescope in Chile recently glimpsed the comet’s glowing tail, which observations reveal has steadily been growing…