Articles for tag: Astronomical phenomena, Astronomy, Cosmic Mysteries, dark matter

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12 Astronomical Phenomena That Scientists Still Can’t Fully Explain

Suhail Ahmed

  The universe is supposed to play by rules, yet the more precisely astronomers measure those rules, the stranger the cosmos begins to look. From galaxies that rotate as if gripped by invisible hands to cosmic flashes that outshine entire galaxies for a heartbeat, the sky keeps slipping out of our theoretical grasp. Every major ...

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8 Astronomical Phenomena That Shaped Our Solar System’s Violent Past

Suhail Ahmed

  Our solar system looks calm from a backyard telescope, the planets gliding in orderly paths like clockwork. But behind that stillness lies a history closer to a bar fight than a ballet, written in craters, tilted axes, and worlds that never were. Over the past few decades, astronomers have begun piecing together this violent ...