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Einstein Probe discovers mysterious cosmic explosion unlike anything astronomers have seen beforeA peculiar cosmic event, dubbed EP240305a, has baffled astronomers with its rapid X-ray fade and lingering radio signals. Detected by China...
Trump shifts higher education fight from campus probes to federal rulebookThe Trump administration is changing its approach to higher education. Instead of targeting individual campuses, new federal rules are bein...
How a 17-year-old NASA intern spotted an odd signal in telescope data and found a planet with two sunsDuring a summer internship at NASA, high school junior Wolf Cukier discovered a planet orbiting two stars. While analyzing data from the TE...
Meet the newest member of Scottish Parliament, an Indian-born who went to UK on a student visaIndia-born, non-binary anthropologist Q Manivannan has been elected to the Scottish Parliament on a "kinder politics" platform. Manivannan,...
Free power, anti-drug task force & women’s safety push: Vijay signs first orders after taking oath as Tamil Nadu CMTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief C Joseph Vijay took oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and immediately signed orders for 200 units of free el...
Astronomers detect erratic deep-space radio signal repeating every 36 minutes for eight days, then it suddenly ‘switched off’Astronomers have found a strange object in our galaxy. It sent radio signals every 36 minutes for eight days. Then it stopped. This object,...
Vijay's TVK: Numbers matter but the genie can't go back in the bottleTamil Nadu's political landscape is in flux as the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerges as the single-largest party but falls short of a ...
Word of the Day: QuodlibetarianismAs global conversations become increasingly fragmented and polarised, quodlibetarianism serves as a reminder of the importance of intellect...
Did Microsoft lose its AI edge? What changed in the Microsoft OpenAI deal— and why Microsoft stock fell while Amazon stock surged?What changed in the Microsoft OpenAI deal? Microsoft stock fell 2–3% after the Microsoft OpenAI deal ended exclusivity, shaking the AI mark...
Planets With Two Suns Sound Perfect: So Why Does Space Keep Destroying Them?Planets orbiting two suns are rare. Scientists now understand why. Subtle gravitational forces, amplified by Einstein's relativity, destabi...
The Galaxy is full of double Suns: So where did all the 'Tatooine' planets go?Scientists uncover a new reason for fewer planets around twin stars. Einstein's theory of general relativity shows that close binary stars ...
The Star Wars “Tatooine” Problem: Why Double-Sun Planets Are So RareWhile binary stars are common, planets orbiting two suns, like Tatooine, are rare. Complex gravitational forces in these systems hinder pla...
Why are planets with two Suns so rare? Einstein’s relativity may explain the mysteryNew research suggests Einstein's general relativity explains the rarity of planets orbiting two suns. In tight binary systems, relativistic...
In a first, astronomers discover binary star system near supermassive black holeAstronomers have discovered the first-ever binary star system, D9, orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. This findin...
Scientists find huge black hole in Earth's backyardThe other stellar-mass black holes were revealed by their energising interactions with a companion star, despite the fact that there are pr...
Hubble spots strange binary asteroid with comet-like featuresAsteroids and comets are believed to be ancient remnants of the earliest years of the formation of our solar system more than four billion ...
- Magnetic field behind puzzling 'Rapid Burster' behaviour: Study
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Observing a curious neutron star in a binary system known as the 'Rapid Burster', scientists have found that its magne...
Twin stars hosting three giant planets foundThe findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture, researchers said.
Planet formation around binary star examinedAstronomers have taken a new, detailed look at the very early stages of planet formation around a binary star about 450 light-years from Ea...
Twin Jet Nebula is a marvelous cosmic butterflyWithin the wings, starting from the star system and extending horizontally outwards like veins are two faint blue patches.