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Origin of the Universe: Did you know the cosmos started from a single point? Another surprise — it is still expanding faster than the speed of lightAbout 13.8 billion years ago, the origin of the universe began with the Big Bang. Scientists say all space, time, matter, and energy emerge...
The Star That Exploded Twice: How Gravitational Lensing Made a Supernova ReappearA distant supernova appeared to explode twice, baffling astronomers. This cosmic event was explained by Einstein's theory of general relati...
Earth’s Magnetic Field Has a Weak Spot, and It’s GrowingEarth's magnetic field exhibits a significant weakening in the South Atlantic Anomaly, a region expanding and becoming more complex due to ...
Is the universe slowly rotating? Shocking new theory could solve the cosmic expansion mysteryA new study proposes that the universe may rotate at a nearly undetectable pace, offering a possible solution to the long-standing “Hubble ...
What is Quipu: Superstructure over 1.3 billion light-years long and holds almost 200000000000000000 solar massesScientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the largest structure ...
Origin story of our universe: James Webb Space Telescope's surprising discoveries prompt rethinking of cosmosThe James Webb Space Telescope has provided data that challenges the standard model of cosmology, particularly in relation to the formation...
Jaw-Dropping Image of Ringed Uranus Captured by NASA's Webb TelescopeAfter the Webb Telescope captured new images of Uranus, NASA tweeted, "Uranus has never looked better. Really." Check it out!
Hubble finds ghost light among galaxies stretches far back in timeIntracluster light was first detected in the Coma cluster of galaxies in 1951 by Fritz Zwicky, who reported that one of his most interestin...
After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginningVoyager 1 was launched after Voyager 2, on September 5. Attached to the flank of each Voyager was a Golden Record carrying greetings, sound...
Chinese astronauts set up new lab on space stationAstronauts entered the new lab module of China's space station for the first time
NASA's new space telescope nears destination in solar orbitThe thrusters will be activated by mission control engineers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, and the ground team wil...
- Google Doodle honours Georges Lemaitre's Big Bang theory
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Google on Tuesday dedicated an animated Doodle to Belgian cosmologist Georges Lemaitre who in 1927 propounded the...
Universe expanding faster than thought: StudyAstronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have made a measurement of how fast the Universe is expanding.
- Universe not expanding at accelerating rate: Study
London, Oct 25 (IANS) Challenging a standard cosmological concept, a team of researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that t...
Mars loses 10 times more hydrogen when closest to sunMAVEN has been tracking the hydrogen escape without interruption over the course of a Martian year, which lasts nearly two Earth years.
- NASA's MAVEN probe observes how water escapes from Mars
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) After investigating the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet for a full Martian year, NASA's MAVEN mission has foun...
If aliens call, do not answer, warns Stephen HawkingHawking has said that one day we might receive a signal back from a planet like Gliese 832c.
Why Einstein's theory of gravity has become the most important task for physicists after a centuryIn the next few decades, finishing what Einstein began may turn out to be the most important event in science for a long time.
Pluto's moons exhibit the strangest behavior that scientists have ever seenThere are plenty of odd-shaped moons in the solar system such as the moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) or Saturn's sponge-shaped moon Hyper...
NASA finds Pluto's moons tumbling in absolute chaosTheir variable gravitational field sends the moons tumbling erratically. The effect is strengthened by the football-like shape of the moons.