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Astronomers just found the source of the brightest fast radio burst ever

Brightest Fast Radio Burst in History Traced to Nearby Galaxy

Sumi

A Cosmic Flash That Outshone Everything (Image Credits: Flickr) Astronomers pinpointed the origin of the most luminous fast radio burst ever recorded, locating it within a galaxy much closer than many expected. A Cosmic Flash That Outshone Everything The detection marked a milestone in radio astronomy. This burst, labeled RBFLOAT, erupted with unprecedented intensity. It ...

How Elephants Use Infrasound to Communicate Miles Apart

Suhail Ahmed

On a still dawn in the savanna, an elephant family can coordinate a reunion without a single visible cue. The secret rides on rumbles pitched so low that human ears miss them, yet the ground and air carry them like quiet thunder. For decades, this hidden channel puzzled biologists who saw coordinated movement without obvious ...

Sun news: Auroras light up skies, as solar wind pours in

Stunning Auroras Electrify Northern Skies Amid High-Speed Solar Wind from a Coronal Hole

Sumi

Solar Activity Ignites Geomagnetic Turbulence (Image Credits: Unsplash) Vibrant auroral displays captivated observers across high latitudes on the night of March 13-14, 2026, as high-speed solar wind from a coronal hole battered Earth’s magnetic field.[1] Solar Activity Ignites Geomagnetic Turbulence Solar wind speeds peaked near 700 km/s following the onset of a co-rotating interaction region ...

What Micrometeorites Tell Us About the Solar System

Could Another Planet in Our Solar System Still Be Hiding?

Trizzy Orozco

Imagine gazing up at the night sky, stars twinkling like scattered diamonds, and wondering—could there be a massive world lurking unseen, right here in our own solar system? For decades, astronomers have scoured the cosmic backyard, convinced they’d charted every major object. Yet, whispers of a hidden planet—sometimes dubbed “Planet Nine”—refuse to fade. The idea ...

A state of matter last seen just after the Big Bang may exist inside neutron stars — and scientists think they can prove it

Neutron Star Mergers May Hold the Secrets of Matter That Only Existed Immediately After the Big Bang

Sumi

The Enigma of Ultra-Dense Interiors (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Binary neutron stars hurtle toward collision under gravitational pull, their tidal forces stretching and squeezing each other to reveal hints of exotic matter deep inside. The Enigma of Ultra-Dense Interiors Neutron stars represent the universe’s densest laboratories outside black holes. These remnants of massive stellar explosions cram ...

Fruit trees, megafauna

Fruits Without Eaters: The Plants That Still Depend on Extinct Animals

Annette Uy

Imagine a world where fruit trees bear their bounty year after year, yet their seeds lay dormant, waiting for creatures that no longer roam the Earth. This is not a scene from a fantasy novel, but a real phenomenon occurring in various ecosystems across the globe. Certain plants, known as evolutionary anachronisms, continue to produce ...

So, Bananas Are Berries — But Strawberries Aren’t

Annette Uy

Wait, what? If someone told you that the yellow fruit you slice into your cereal every morning is technically a berry, while those red, heart-shaped strawberries you love aren’t berries at all, you’d probably think they’d lost their mind. But here’s the thing — botany has its own rules, and they’re completely different from what ...

What the Sun’s Recent Flares Reveal About Space Weather

Suhail Ahmed

Over the past stretch of weeks, the Sun has been busy – snapping off bursts of energy that light up space like flashbulbs and rattle the invisible weather that surrounds our planet. For satellite operators, pilots, and grid managers, these flares are not distant curiosities but practical problems that arrive at the speed of light. ...