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Strange radio signals detected from exoplanet almost 63 light-years from EarthResearchers have observed unusual radio signals from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet located 63 light-years away. These signals, detected usi...- A planet 63 light-years away is sending repeating radio bursts, and scientists can read them for the first time. Here’s what it reveals about the alien worldAstronomers detected repeating radio bursts from exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. These emissions originate from powerful auroras on the distant ...
- The strange 2% rule: Why black holes suddenly switch on their powerful jetsA new study reveals black holes become predictable when feeding. Jets emerge when accretion rates fall to two percent of the Eddington limi...
- Meet Julian Shapiro, the New York student who found 3 unusual dwarf galaxies and won $25,000Eighteen-year-old Julian Shapiro discovered three isolated dwarf galaxies that lack ongoing star formation, a puzzling combination for astr...
- Six Indian American students named 2026 Davidson Fellows, win $25K-$100K scholarshipsSix Indian American students have been named 2026 Davidson Fellows Scholarship recipients, winning awards of up to $100,000 for their proje...
- In 2008, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo De Michele spotted Egypt’s 148-foot Kamil Crater while scanning Google Earth; scientists later recovered 1.7 tons of meteorite fragmentsAn Italian mineralogist discovered a near-perfect circle in Egypt's desert sand. This circle was confirmed as the well-preserved Kamil Crat...
- This strange world has no star to orbit, yet James Webb has revealed its changing weather from 20 light-years awayWebb telescope observed SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf twenty light-years away. Researchers found its changing appearance stems from temperature ...
- 55 million light-years away, scientists spot something unusual: A strange galactic collision may have left this spiral galaxy with a centre that spins sidewaysThe Hubble telescope captured images of spiral galaxy NGC 4698. Its central bulge is tilted at an unusual angle to the main disk. Astronome...
- Astronomers have found a 'baby' planet and named it Elias 2-24 b. The Jupiter-size world is less than 1 million years oldAstronomers have made an exciting discovery with Elias 2-24 b, recognised as the youngest planet identified to date. This gas giant is stil...
- A black hole destroys a star, then fires off a powerful jet years later — scientists discover the 'burping' feeding pattern behind these cosmic outburstsScientists have found a new trend in black hole feeding patterns. Powerful jets emerge during two distinct phases of a black hole's feeding...
- NASA discovers Colosseum-sized Moon crater from once-in-132-year impactScientists found a large lunar crater from a recent impact event. This massive hole, larger than the Roman Colosseum, was initially undetec...
- Scientists found 84 strange objects hiding inside six galaxies. Their unusual X-ray emissions could change what we know about the universeScientists have discovered 84 unusual “hypersoft X-ray sources” across six galaxies using archival data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observato...
- In 1999, NASA sent 4 ladybugs aboard Columbia for 5 days to chase aphids; the aphids lost their ability to escape by falling, and the ladybugs still caught and ate themIn 1999, four ladybugs embarked on an extraordinary journey aboard the space shuttle Columbia to investigate their predatory habits in a we...
- In 1873, a French astronomer invented a unique device 'photographic revolver' which could automatically capture a sequential series of photographsIn 1873, a French astronomer invented a unique device 'photographic revolver' which could automatically capture a sequential series of phot...
- Quote of the Day by Galileo: 'In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth...' -Timeless lesson on independent thought, evidence and intellectual humilityQuote of the Day by Galileo: Galileo Galilei’s quote about the authority of a thousand people versus the humble reasoning of one individual...
- In 2013, astronomers discovered a tiny object in our solar system with a ring like Saturn. Now, James Webb Space Telescope finds they are changingRecent observations of Chariklo's faint ring system have revealed surprising alterations; the inner ring has become more opaque, whereas th...
- Velouria by The PixiesThe Pixies' song 'Velouria' from their Bossanova album is a tender love song. Its guitars surge and glitter, and Kim Deal's bass provides a...
- In 2019, 11,482 Hubble Asteroid Hunter volunteers helped train an AI that scanned 37,000 Hubble images; the combined effort uncovered 1,701 asteroid trails, including 1,031 unknown objectsCitizen scientists helped astronomers find over one thousand new asteroids. These faint objects were previously missed by earlier surveys a...
- A newly discovered solar phenomenon could help scientists predict the Sun’s next powerful outburst and solar flareNew solar telescope observations reveal swirling plasma movements on the Sun's surface. This phenomenon, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instabil...
- In 1990, NASA sent a X-ray telescope into space on Space Shuttle Columbia for the first time to perform observations of galactic and extragalactic objects: What was BBXRT?In 1990, NASA sent a X-ray telescope into space on Space Shuttle Columbia for the first time to perform observations of galactic and extrag...
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