Category Archives: Astronomy

In a landmark discovery, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect five large, carbon-based molecules frozen in the icy envelope of a protostar beyond our own galaxy. The protostar, named ST6, is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) — a small galaxy orbiting the Milky Way roughly 160,000 light-years away.… Read More »

China is ramping up its space-exploration ambitions, and its latest announcement makes that clear. The country says it is firmly on track to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, with key technologies and programs already in motion.   According to a spokesperson for the China Manned Space Program, the development of major components such… Read More »

The Woman Who Helped Bring Apollo 13 Home   In the 1960s, when very few women were seen in engineering or at NASA, Judith Love Cohen stood out as one of the brightest minds in the room. She wasn’t just breaking barriers — she was building the very systems that would one day save lives… Read More »

Astronomers are buzzing: scientists have just confirmed the discovery of a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of a cool red-dwarf star only about 40 light-years from Earth. The world, located in the system of TRAPPIST‑1 (about 40 light-years away) and known as TRAPPIST‑1 e, offers an unprecedented opportunity to study a planet… Read More »

An extraordinary visitor from beyond our solar system is treating astronomers to an astonishing show. The object known as 3I/ATLAS — the third interstellar interloper ever detected — has shocked observers by turning a brilliant blue and brightening at a pace no ordinary comet would.   A visitor from afar   3I/ATLAS was first discovered… Read More »

Scientists have identified a remarkable exoplanet, TOI-1452 b, that may be unlike anything we have in our solar system — a “water world” completely submerged in an endless global ocean, orbiting two stars approximately 100 light-years away in the constellation Draco.   Here’s a closer look at what makes this discovery so exciting, and what… Read More »

The night sky will put on a mesmerizing show this weekend as the Moon, Saturn, and Neptune come together for a rare and beautiful alignment. On November 1–2, 2025, stargazers around the world will have the chance to witness the Moon shining close to Saturn and Neptune — a peaceful reminder of how vast and… Read More »

In a remarkable breakthrough, astronomers have for the first time witnessed the very beginning of a solar system forming around a young star named HOPS‑315—a glimpse into what our own solar system may have looked like some 4.5 billion years ago.   Located approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth, HOPS-315 is still in its infancy, about… Read More »