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 »
The International Space Station (ISS) is celebrating an extraordinary milestone 25 years of continuous human presence in space. Since November 2, 2000, astronauts from around the world have lived and worked aboard the ISS without interruption, marking a quarter-century of international cooperation, scientific discovery, and technological achievement unlike anything in history. When the first crew… Read More »
Just 190 light-years away in the constellation Libra lies a stellar relic from the dawn of our Galaxy: HD 140283, better known as the “Methuselah Star”. With a shockingly low abundance of heavy elements and a blistering speed through space, this unassuming star has earned a reputation for being ancient. In 2013, astronomers using… Read More »
In April 2019, the world witnessed something that once seemed impossible — the first-ever image of a black hole. It wasn’t a scene from a science fiction movie, but a real photograph taken by a global network of telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Behind this monumental scientific breakthrough stood a brilliant 29-year-old… Read More »
November brings meteor showers, a bright supermoon, planet viewing and simple sky treats you won’t want to miss. 1. Moon Meets Saturn — A Dazzling Conjunction (Nov 1) On the evening of November 1, the bright waxing gibbous Moon comes very close to the ringed planet Saturn in the sky. According to astronomy… Read More »
In a discovery that reshapes our understanding of how worlds are formed, astronomers have photographed a planet in the process of being born — a first in human history. The newborn gas giant, named WISPIT 2b, is seen forming inside a ring of dust surrounding a young star located 437 light-years away in the constellation… Read More »
In a remarkable leap for physics, researchers have successfully measured the shortest span of time ever recorded—just 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 247 seconds, or about 247 zeptoseconds (10⁻²¹ seconds). This ultra-brief moment marks the time it takes a photon to traverse a hydrogen molecule, allowing scientists to observe subatomic events with precision previously… Read More »
Something extraordinary is passing through our cosmic neighborhood — a true wanderer from another star. Known as 3I/ATLAS, this newly discovered interstellar comet has captured the attention of astronomers around the world. First spotted on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS survey in Chile, the comet is only the third confirmed object to enter our… Read More »
On July 9, 2025, our planet completed a full rotation about 1.3 to 1.6 milliseconds faster than the conventional 24-hour day. This subtle yet historic event marked the shortest day ever recorded since modern atomic-clock tracking began in the 1960s. What happened? A day on Earth is typically defined as 24 hours (86,400… Read More »
In July 2025, astronomers made a landmark discovery when the sky-survey telescope network Asteroid Terrestrial‑impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile detected an unusual object dubbed 3I/ATLAS. It soon became clear this was no ordinary comet. With a hyperbolic orbit and speed far beyond what the Sun could impart, it is now recognised as only… Read More »