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Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: What's Really Happening?

December 31, 2025

A new picture of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has given scientists a clearer view of what's happening around it. The outer cloud of dust and gas, known as the coma, is getting thinner. Meanwhile, the inner coma is becoming more focused and bright. This change is important because it helps scient

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Mystery Object 3I/ATLAS: What's Really Happening?

November 17, 2025

A strange object from deep space is getting closer to Earth. Scientists are watching it very closely. This object is called 3I/ATLAS. It is not behaving like a normal comet. It is brightening and speeding up in ways that scientists do not fully understand. Tonight, telescopes all over the world wil

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A Cosmic Visitor's Journey: Unraveling the Secrets of 3I/ATLAS

October 31, 2025

A mysterious traveler from beyond our solar system, known as 3I/ATLAS, has just made its closest approach to the sun. This comet, which originated far away, is now on a path that will take it out of our cosmic neighborhood, but not before giving astronomers a few more months to study it. The comet,

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A Mysterious Visitor from Afar: The Odd Tail of 3I/ATLAS

October 23, 2025

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on a peculiar object, 3I/ATLAS, as it zooms through our solar system. This is the third interstellar visitor we've spotted, after 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. What makes 3I/ATLAS stand out is its unusual tail, which has been acting strangely. Comets usually

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A Giant Comet's Surprising Gas Blasts

July 7, 2025

A huge comet, Bernardinelli-Bernstein, is making waves in the solar system. It's not just its size that's impressive—it's also acting in ways that surprise scientists. This comet, one of the largest ever found, is releasing jets of carbon monoxide gas, and it's doing this while still very far from t

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Unveiling the Universe's Hidden Threads

June 19, 2025

The universe is full of mysteries, and one of them is the missing matter that has puzzled scientists for years. This matter isn't the mysterious dark matter that doesn't interact with light. Instead, it's ordinary matter made up of atoms that form stars, planets, and even our bodies. For a long time

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Unveiling the Cosmic Fog: How Mysterious Signals Reveal Hidden Matter

June 17, 2025

The universe is mostly made up of dark matter and dark energy. These components are invisible but shape the cosmos and speed up its expansion. The rest is ordinary matter, found in protons and neutrons. This ordinary matter is hard to spot because it's spread out like fog between galaxies. Scientist

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Galactic Showdown: One Galaxy's Radiation Sabotage

May 21, 2025

In the vast expanse of the universe, a dramatic scene unfolds between two galaxies. One galaxy is using a powerful beam of radiation to hinder the growth of its neighbor. This cosmic battle has been ongoing for billions of years, and scientists recently got a glimpse of this intense interplay. Th

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Hidden Giant in Our Backyard: The Mysterious Molecular Cloud

April 28, 2025

Astronomers have recently found a massive molecular cloud lurking near Earth. The cloud, named Eos, is enormous, stretching about 40 moons across. It's roughly 3, 400 times heavier than the sun. Despite its size, it has remained hidden until now. Molecular clouds are crucial for star and planet

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A Star's Surprising Meal: The Truth About a Dying Planet

April 13, 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a surprising twist in the life of a distant star. The star, known as ZTF SLRN-2020, is about 12, 000 light-years away. Astronomers initially thought the star had grown into a red giant and swallowed a nearby planet. This is a common event in some star sys