Space

Astronomers have been puzzled by fast radio bursts since they were first discovered in 2007. These intense, milliseconds-long flashes of radio energy from outer space emit as much energy in their brief lifespan as the Sun does in a few days. Most of these short-lived pulses originate outside the Milky Way galaxy, and we don’t

Scientists have been left perplexed by an ultra-bright celestial object that is brighter than it should be. NASA has been tracking ultraluminous X-ray sources, which can be 10 million times brighter than the Sun, to understand their workings. These objects break the Eddington limit, which is a fundamental rule of astrophysics that states that an

Residents of a house in Hopewell, New Jersey, were surprised to find a grapefruit-sized metallic object had fallen through the roof and hit the floor of their home on Monday. The object left a hole in the roof and dented the floor. No one was in the house at the time of the incident. Could

Mars’ surface appears quite lifeless, with its soil being several times drier than Earth’s driest desert, toxic air, and temperatures that range from one extreme to the other. However, evidence suggests that the planet was once much warmer and wetter, with standing and flowing water on its surface. Over time, most of this water was

A rare glimpse of how the Solar System may have formed billions of years ago has been revealed by shadows flickering across the dust roiling around a newborn star. Changing light around the star, named TW Hydrae, suggests that the giant disks of material circling the star are off-kilter, orbiting at slightly different angles of

The International Space Station (ISS) is constantly orbiting around the Earth, making 16 rounds every day. Photographer Andrew McCarthy was recently able to capture the ISS flying across the sun in a stunning portrait. But it took him 12 hours of composition, three telescopes, and two blown-out tires to achieve the shot. The critical moment

As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches the end of its service, China and India are planning to deploy their own space stations, and NASA has contracted with three aerospace companies to design commercial space stations. Now, Airbus has proposed its own Multi-Purpose Orbital Module (MPOP) called the Airbus LOOP, a modular space segment for

The Moon is not the only object orbiting Earth; there are a small number of quasi-satellites that do as well. Kamo’oalewa is a near-Earth asteroid that was discovered in 2016, and it is one of these quasi-satellites. Its orbit changes over time, but it always stays near Earth. It reflects light the same way the

Out of the thousands of meteorites found on Earth, around 188 have been confirmed to have come from Mars. So how did they get here? When asteroids hit Mars with enough force, the debris is blasted into space and eventually finds its way to Earth. While astronomers once believed only the most powerful impacts could

Space is dominated by supermassive black holes that sit at the centers of galaxies. These behemoths start at around 100,000 times the mass of the Sun and can reach tens of billions of solar masses at maximum. Although we have some ideas about how they got that way, the biggest mystery of the universe is

After conducting an extensive investigation, scientists have confirmed that the Moon is not made of green cheese, as the myth goes. Seismic data has revealed that the inner core of the Moon is actually a solid ball with a density comparable to that of iron. This finding has settled the debate around whether the Moon’s

Throughout history, humans have never been contacted by extraterrestrial life. However, statistically, it is believed that Earth is not alone in the universe. With so much space to scan, there is a possibility that Earth simply lies in a bubble without any radio waves emitted by extraterrestrial life. This theory has been proposed by Claudio

Scientists have discovered rare earth metal terbium in the atmosphere of KELT-9b, an exoplanet located approximately 670 light-years away. This is the first time that the extremely rare element has been found on a distant planet. KELT-9b is known as a hot Jupiter, a gas giant that orbits a blue supergiant star on an extremely

Astronomers have observed a flare of light as a dying star engulfs and destroys one of its orbiting planets, providing valuable insight into what happens to a planetary system as a star enters its death throes. This is the first time such an event has been observed, despite being theorized for some time. Process of

Astronomers have detected the chemical imprints of the first stars to exist in the universe, which exploded billions of years ago. The remains of these stars are difficult to find as they exploded too far away to detect with current instruments. However, the material they left behind during their explosions, such as carbon, oxygen and