A meteorite impact in northern Arizona may have caused a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon about 56,000 years ago, altering the course of the […]
Tag: astronomy
Gemini North Telescope Spots Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Racing Through Solar System
A rare interstellar object has been spotted in our solar system, making it the second known object to cross over from outside our cosmic neighbourhood […]
Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed
Delivering a fresh jolt to a field recently rocked by controversy, astrophysicists have discovered the most massive collision yet of a pair of black holes […]
Earth’s Spin to Speed Up Briefly, Causing Shorter Days This Summer
Reports indicate that for three days this summer – July 9, July 22 and August 5 – Earth’s rotation will speed up slightly, trimming 1.3 […]
James Webb Telescope Spots Rare ‘Cosmic Owl’ Formed by Colliding Galaxies
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “Cosmic Owl,” a startling owl-faced pair of colliding ring galaxies. This double-ring structure is exceptionally rare: ring […]
New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Could Reveal Secrets of Distant Worlds
The entry of a third known object into our solar system has been confirmed on July 1, 2025 by the astronomers. This object is named […]
Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Turn Failed Stars Into ‘Dark Dwarfs’
Astronomers now propose that “failed stars” known as brown dwarfs could be powered by dark matter. Dark matter makes up about 85 percent of the […]
Scientists Trace Universe’s Missing Ordinary Matter Using FRBs and X-rays
Almost half of the matter of the universe is yet hidden from observation, literally unknown to us. Scientists have discovered the fast radio waves and […]
Wolf-Rayet 104’s Orbit Tilt Reduces Gamma-Ray Burst Threat, Study Finds
A new study has shed light on the orbital alignment of the well-known Wolf-Rayet 104 (WR 104) system, long considered a potential threat due to […]
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Hourglass Nebula LBN 483 in Stunning Detail
A striking nebula shaped by the dynamic interactions of two young stars has been observed in unprecedented detail by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). […]
