The Lyrid meteor shower is a yearly event that lights up the night sky with shooting stars. It starts on April 16 and wraps up on April 25. The main event, though, happens on April 22. This is when Earth travels through the thickest part of the debris left by Comet Thatcher. The result? A spectacula
The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has just shared its first batch of data. This data includes a sneak peek at deep fields, where hundreds of thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes are visible. These galaxies give us a hint of their large-scale organization in the cosmic web. Euc
A spacecraft on an asteroid-chasing mission recently had a close encounter with Mars. It was a Wednesday when the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft flew past the Red Planet. During this flyby, the spacecraft captured hundreds of stunning images of Mars and several detailed shots of Deimos, one
Barnard’s Star, a well-known celestial body, has a special place in astronomy. It is only six light-years away from Earth. This star is famous for moving quickly across the night sky. The star's quick motion has always been fascinating to astronomers. For a long time, scientists have wondered if th
Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that have gone supernova. These dense, compact objects are fascinating because they can emit both gravitational waves and gamma rays. This double act of signals is a big deal for scientists. In 2017, two detectors, Fermi-GBM and INTEGRAL SPI-ACS, pick
Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing not just one or two, but seven planets all at once. That's what's happening in February 2025. This isn't some rare, once-in-a-lifetime event, but it's still pretty cool. So, what's going on? The planets Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune, along with
February is wrapping up with a spectacular sight for stargazers. Seven planets will be visible in the night sky. This includes Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune, along with the brighter planets like Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. However, spotting all seven won't be a breeze. Mercury and Saturn will
Something strangely wonderful happened recently. A never-before-seen galaxy was discovered. This galaxy’s existence was hinted at by a glowing ring of light around another nearby, well observed stellar body. The event was a result of an alignment among three celestial bodies. Whe
Imagine a huge explosion in space, upsetting astronomers' methods to explain it. This event springs to sight when a probe and a swarm of telescopes and space probes witness something bizarre It might have been a gamma ray explosion? Maybe the explosion was a dying star.
Last year, a space rock named 2024 PT5 briefly became Earth's "mini-moon. " While it was close, scientists rushed to study it. A recent study suggests that 2024 PT5 might be a piece of our real moon. It could have been thrown into space by an impact on the lunar surface within the last tens of thous
