Articles for tag: astrophysics, cosmic phenomena, dark matter, galaxies

Artist's impression of the expected dark matter distribution around the Milky Way

Dark Matter and the Hidden Universe: New Frontiers in Astrophysics

April Joy Jovita

The universe is vast and mysterious, with over 85% of its mass composed of an invisible substance known as dark matter. Unlike ordinary matter, dark matter does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it challenging to study directly. Scientists continue to delve deeper into this enigma, uncovering its role in cosmic phenomena and the ...

an artist's impression of a black hole in the sky

What Happens When Two Black Holes Collide Inside a Galaxy?

Suhail Ahmed

  Picture a city of a trillion stars holding its breath. Deep in the core, two invisible heavyweights drag spacetime itself into a tightening spiral, their dance silent yet ferociously bright in everything but sound. Astronomers have chased this mystery for decades, piecing together clues from flickering quasars, slingshotted stars, and ripples that make galaxies ...

a satellite in orbit with the earth in the background

The James Webb Telescope’s Latest Discovery That Shook Astronomy

Suhail Ahmed

  Sometimes a single spectral line can upend an entire field. In a hypothetical future scenario, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope might report phosphine – an unexpected, chemically tricky gas – in the atmosphere of the ancient, metal‑poor brown dwarf Wolf 1130C. Such a finding would stun researchers because phosphine had stubbornly eluded ...

a black hole in the sky with a light coming out of it

What Lies Beyond a Black Hole’s Event Horizon?

Suhail Ahmed

  It is the most one-way door in the cosmos, a border drawn by gravity so fierce that even light cannot stage a retreat. For decades, the event horizon has been framed as an absolute silence, and yet new observations whisper clues from just outside its edge. Images of glowing rings, ripples in spacetime from ...

8 Stunning Facts About Stephen Hawking's The Theory of Everything

8 Stunning Facts About Stephen Hawking’s The Theory of Everything

Jan Otte

You probably think you know what is all about. Perhaps you imagine it’s just another physics textbook filled with complex equations and dry scientific jargon. You might even believe it’s too complicated for everyday understanding. Think again. Hawking’s masterpiece reveals mind-bending truths about reality that will reshape how you see the universe forever. Stephen Hawking’s ...

10 Wild Theories About The Universe

10 Wild Theories About The Universe

Gargi Chakravorty

Have you ever felt like a tiny speck floating through an endless cosmic ocean? That feeling might be more accurate than you think. isn’t just vast beyond comprehension, it’s also far stranger than our everyday experience suggests. Scientists constantly push the boundaries of our understanding, proposing theories that sound more like science fiction than reality. ...

a butterfly shaped object in the middle of a star filled sky

The Star That Flickers Like a Cosmic Lighthouse

Suhail Ahmed

  It starts as a whisper in the static: a heartbeat-like tick that refuses to be random, carving rhythm into the radio noise of the sky. Astronomers have learned that these pulses come from city-sized neutron stars spinning hundreds of times a second, sweeping beams across space like searchlights on cosmic fog. The mystery has ...

Mars May Still Have Active Volcanoes

Mars May Still Have Active Volcanoes

Andrew Alpin

You might think Mars is just a cold, lifeless rock floating through space. Yet recent scientific discoveries have turned that idea completely on its head. The red planet appears to be far more geologically alive than we ever imagined, with evidence mounting that volcanic activity could still be happening today. Scientists have long known about ...

Could the Universe Be Conscious? Scientists Are Starting to Ask

Could the Universe Be Conscious? Scientists Are Starting to Ask

Gargi Chakravorty

When you look up at the stars tonight, you might be gazing into the cosmos with more than just your eyes. You could be one tiny piece of a vast, thinking universe staring back at itself through you. This isn’t some new-age fantasy or science fiction plot. It’s a hypothesis that serious scientists and philosophers ...

What Lies Beyond a Black Hole's Event Horizon?

What Lies Beyond a Black Hole’s Event Horizon?

Jan Otte

The universe holds countless mysteries, yet few capture the imagination quite like black holes. These cosmic monsters have spawned decades of scientific speculation and popular fascination. You’ve likely wondered what happens if someone were to cross that infamous boundary called the event horizon. Recent discoveries in 2025 have brought us closer than ever to understanding ...