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The planet is a gas giant about the size of Jupiter. At just 5 million years old, it is still considered an infant compared with our 4.6-billion-year-old solar system.
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Coronal loops often appear before solar flares erupt. Flares occur when magnetic fields twist, snap, and reconnect. Until now, telescopes only resolved loop bundles, not individual strands.
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Voyager 2 launched in 1977 to tour the outer planets. It visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, returning data that transformed scientific understanding.
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Researchers from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary placed a suction-cup tag on a whale named Spell. The non-invasive device collects data and occasionally records video.
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These interstellar dust clouds are labelled as LDN 234 and LDN 204. Both were listed in the 1962 Lynds Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.
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NASA confirmed the space rock, measuring about 180 feet wide, will pass on 29 August. It will come within 2,810,000 miles of Earth while travelling at 30,205 miles per hour.
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A slender green snake, once overlooked in a Brazilian collection, has now been recognised as a new species. Scientists confirmed its identity after a fresh study of its features and DNA.
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Chinese scientists have created rainbow succulents that glow for two hours using light-absorbing particles, offering a cost-effective, plant-based lighting method that could one day replace decorative lamps and streetlights.
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The dinosaur stretched about four metres long with a turtle-like body. Around its neck, metre-long spikes extended from both sides.
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Known as Glaucus atlanticus, the creatures are rare in the Mediterranean. Their silver-grey bellies hide them from above, while streaks of blue shine below.
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Astronomers captured a stunning view of spiral galaxy NGC 7497 entangled in dusty clouds of the Milky Way, with faint galactic cirrus and MBM 54 reflecting starlight nearly a thousand light-years away.
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NASA says asteroid 2025 QY4 is on its way. The rock measures nearly 180 feet wide. It is travelling at 30,205 miles per hour.
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The elusive Pallas’s cat, one of the world’s oldest wild felines, has a unique habit of standing on its thick, bushy tail to shield its paws from freezing ground.
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A young planet has been spotted outside our Solar System, captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile. The rare image shows a newborn world shaping its host star’s protoplanetary disk.
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The Blood Moon 2025 is unique due to its extensive visibility. It is uncommon for a lunar eclipse visible in the majority of India to occur, and thus this spectacle is a high point for observers.
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A rare mammal has been spotted in Brazil’s Cunhambebe State Park for the first time since 1914, raising hopes for rainforest recovery and sparking questions about survival, migration, and conservation efforts.
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Five bright comets are approaching Earth soon, with Comet Lemmon leading the way. Astronomers predict it could become visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
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Astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope discovered a highly active repeating fast radio burst, FRB 20240619D, which produced hundreds of pulses, offering fresh insights into magnetars, cosmic plasma, and the universe’s hidden matter.
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SpaceX’s Starship completed its tenth test flight with both stages performing controlled splashdowns, providing vital data for future reusability.
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NASA has confirmed the rock is heading on course. The asteroid is around 120 feet wide in size. It travels at nearly 28,482 miles every single hour.
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The towering 403-foot-tall (123 m) Starship system lifted off around 7.30pm EST (2330 GMT) from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in south Texas on a mission to test the ship's new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations.
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The signal is a fast radio burst, known as FRB. These flashes are intense but brief, lasting only milliseconds. This particular burst, nicknamed RBFLOAT, outshone every other radio source in its host galaxy.
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Spica, Virgo’s brightest star, will shine to the upper left of the moon. The dimmer star Porrima will sit about three degrees to the upper right of Mars.
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A solar prominence is a large arc of heated gas. It rises from the Sun’s surface, suspended by magnetic fields.
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The fossil, measuring about two metres, was uncovered last week just 45 kilometres from Jaisalmer. Alongside the remains, experts also spotted what appeared to be a fossilised egg, possibly linked to the reptile.
