Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar ...

The constellation of four satellites can take both narrow- and wide-field images of the Sun to study its corona and solar ...

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

A supermassive black hole that scientists have nicknamed "Ansky" is now awake after a long dormant period, emitting powerful ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

"Polar orbit" means that instead of orbiting in the same plane as where the two stellar objects are located, the planet’s orbit is 90 degrees to that plane, as you can see in the image above. This ...

Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in their surface composition caused by magnetic fields. This brings the ...

Researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions -- and it could change our understanding of how life began. Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less ...

Brian Cox, a professor in particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester said on X: “For everyone asking about the strange spiral shape in the sky ...

Kolkata groups create largest handmade telescope, low-cost, powerful, and easy to handle, for space research and education.