astronomy

Why Is Mars So Red? New Research Reveals a Surprising Answer

Mars, the Red Planet, has been a mystery for ages. Its bright red color in the night sky has always caught our attention. Turns out, this color comes from iron in Martian rocks. But scientists recently discovered something even more fascinating about where that red dust actually comes from! The Secret Behind Mars’ Red Color…
Astronomers Map the Surprising Layers of an Ultra-Hot Alien Planet

Astronomers have just mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet’s atmosphere for the first time, revealing some surprising details about the planet WASP-121b, also known as Tylos. This planet is what’s called an “ultra-hot Jupiter” — a massive gas planet that orbits incredibly close to its star, making it super hot. WASP-121b’s atmosphere is…
James Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Flares Near the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole

Scientists have observed strange activity in Sagittarius A* (Sgr A), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Sgr A, located about 26,000 light-years from Earth and weighing four million times the mass of the Sun, constantly emits mysterious flares that are not yet…
NASA Raises Alarm, 3.1% Chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hitting Earth

After a week of bright skies due to the full moon, astronomers can finally observe asteroid 2024 YR4 again. With darker skies, ground-based telescopes have a better chance of spotting these faint space rocks that are usually hard to detect. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has…
Investigating The Fastest Planetary System

Astronomers might have just discovered the fastest planetary system ever seen! A tiny star, possibly with a super-Neptune planet tagging along, is zooming through the Milky Way at an insane speed—about 1.2 million mph (1.9 million km/h). If it’s moving fast enough, this star could eventually escape our galaxy, dragging its planetary companion into intergalactic…
Deep-Sea Telescope Detects Ultra-Energetic Neutrino

The world of science is buzzing with excitement over an extraordinary discovery! On February 13, 2023, a super high-energy neutrino—estimated at 220 PeV (220 million billion electron volts)—was detected by the KM3NeT neutrino telescope deep under the sea. This is the first detection of its kind, proving that such high-energy neutrinos exist in the universe.…
Einstein Was Right! Euclid Discovers Perfect Einstein Ring

Astronomers from the European Space Agency (ESA) have just captured a rare cosmic sight! Using the Euclid telescope, they managed to observe a phenomenon known as the “Einstein Ring” with unprecedented clarity. What’s even more exciting is that this discovery happened purely by chance while they were conducting initial tests on the telescope. What is…
Trump Erases Vera Rubin History? Scientists Speak Out

Astronomers worldwide are in an uproar after the Rubin Observatory altered Vera Rubin’s biography on its official website. The changes removed sections highlighting her fight for women in science and the observatory’s efforts to promote diversity in astronomy. Why did this happen? It’s all connected to a policy from former U.S. President Donald Trump. His…