In March 2025, astronomers announced a groundbreaking discovery: 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the total number of confirmed moons around the planet to a staggering 274. This new milestone nearly triples the moon count of Saturn’s closest rival, Jupiter, which has 95 moons. The discovery was made possible by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) using…
In a major leap for dark matter research, scientists have created axion-like quasiparticles in the lab—offering a new method to study these elusive theoretical particles. Long considered a prime candidate for the mysterious dark matter that pervades the universe, axions have never been directly observed. But thanks to innovative experiments, researchers now have a way…
Link to the image: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2513b/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured unprecedented images of a supermassive black hole in the NGC 4945 galaxy emitting powerful jets of matter. This remarkable discovery sheds light on the complex behavior of black holes and their influence on the evolution of galaxies….
Astronomers have detected a powerful fast radio burst (FRB) coming from the outskirts of a massive, inactive galaxy—an unexpected location that is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how and where these mysterious cosmic signals form. The discovery of FRB 20240209A introduces new possibilities about the environments capable of producing such energetic phenomena. Anomaly in deep space…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again pushed the boundaries of space exploration with the discovery of the most distant galaxy ever observed. This remarkable finding sheds new light on the evolution of the early universe and challenges existing theories on galaxy formation. Unveiling JADES-GS-z14-0: A window into the past The newly identified…
A solar superflare is an extraordinarily powerful energy eruption from the Sun, significantly stronger than regular solar flares. These events release an astonishing amount of energy—up to one octillion joules (a number with 27 zeros). To put this into perspective, the Carrington Event of 1859, which caused global telegraph failures, was only about 1% the…
