A New Image of the Red Spider Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star — Colossal
When viewed through early telescopes, some nebula appeared round, so astronomers in the 18th and 19th centuries likened…
Greatest Spectroscope Ever Built Can Tell What 2,400 Cosmic Objects Are Made of Every 20 Mins.
ESO’s 4MOST instrument – Credit, AIPA / Saviauk The world’s largest spectroscopic telescope has just recorded the first…
Was 3I/ATLAS sent by aliens? Why the comet from another world continues to baffle
Published on 03/11/2025 – 15:54 GMT+1 When astronomers first spotted 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025 using the ATLAS…
Rediscovery Of India’s Oldest Astronomical Text
Mahāsalilam – A Vedāṅga Text on Astral Sciences (Vṛddhagārgīya Jyotiṣa 24th Aṅga). Prof. R N Iyengar. Central Sanskrit…
Your Complete Guide To This Week’s ‘Fireball’ Meteor Shower
A meteor streaks across the night sky above Leeberg hill in Grossmugl, Austria. (Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader/Getty Images)…
The most violent event in the universe could be visible from Earth in less than 10 years
The universe is a vast place in which many cosmic events occur regularly. And in less than ten…
Astronomers Say They Just Detected Radio Signals Coming from This Comet
The comet 12P/Pons-Brooks (Credit: Nielander/Public Domain) Welcome to this edition of The Intelligence Brief… This week, astronomers in…
Two new black hole collisions confirm Einstein’s theory with record precision
For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal…
After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
For years, many astronomers have been searching for exoplanets in the universe. And although some of them are…
Mayan astronomers built a 700-year-long eclipse calendar centuries before telescopes
More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping…
Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot
“Twilight” discovery: Astronomers have spotted a 700-meter-wide asteroid lurking in the sun’s glare, designated 2025 SC79, which orbits…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…