1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (597+ words) Zaini is Editor at The Sunday Guardian. She focuses on geopolitics, defence, international affairs, and breaking news coverage. She has worked in fast-paced newsrooms, including WION, Republic Media Network, India Today Group and Hindustan Times. She specialises in end-to-end production…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (362+ words) Explanation: Comet 220P is unexpectedly bright. Normally, periodic Comet 220P/McNaught is so dim that to see it requires a telescope. Two surprising outbursts this year, however, have made it about 20,000 times brighter than usual, so that it is now visible with…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (136+ words) [astro-ph.EP] Given their abundance and observational advantages, M stars will arguably be the best candidates for characterizing and searching for biosignatures on terrestrial exoplanets in the near future. Here, we simulate Pre-Industrial Earth-like and Archean Earth-like atmospheres around M4 and…...

59+ min ago   (302+ words) Full terraforming of Mars is currently impossible due to a lack of carbon dioxide, technological limitations and enormous cost, according to experts surveyed by Space.com. The discussion was timed to the 25th anniversary of John Carpenter's science-fiction film “Ghosts of…...

16+ hour, 57+ min ago   (436+ words) For a long time, analysis of data on the interaction between Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind showed a certain process of “saturation.” Scientists believed that this could mean that during a powerful solar storm, our protection might prove…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (450+ words) Stargazing tips, cosmic events and expert insights on the universe Never Miss a Discovery John Carpenter's 'Ghosts of Mars' explored a future where Mars is terraformed, but is it closer to becoming a reality? We spoke to the experts to…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (36+ words) Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have captured stunning new images of the surface of Betelgeuse, the famous red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, revealing persistent hot patches and a distorted, non-spherical atmosphere....

6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (801+ words) Around 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a giant ball of gas and dust. Over the next few million years, this “solar nebula” underwent a huge transformation, flattening into a disk of matter that then condensed…...

6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (801+ words) Around 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a giant ball of gas and dust. Over the next few million years, this "solar nebula" underwent a huge transformation, flattening into a disk of matter that then condensed…...

7+ hour ago   (198+ words) NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The animation…...