Astronomers

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  New 'Quasi-Moon' Discovered in Earth Orbit May Have Been Hiding There for Decades

  Astronomers have identified asteroid 2025 PN7 as a possible quasi-moon of Earth, trailing our planet for nearly 70 years. At just 62 feet wide, it is the smallest and least stable quasi-satellite detected so far. Researchers believe advanced observatories like the Vera Rubin Observatory could uncover more hidden companions in Earth-like orbits

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  Astronomers Discover Rogue Black Hole Racing Through a Distant Dwarf Galaxy

  Astronomers have discovered a rogue intermediate-mass black hole speeding through a dwarf galaxy 230 million light-years away. Unlike typical galactic centres, this displaced object is accreting material and blasting out jets, suggesting black holes can grow “offsite”. The finding offers rare evidence of elusive intermediate black holes and may...

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  Astronomers Predict 90 Percent Chance of Spotting an Exploding Black Hole in Next Decade

  Astronomers now predict a 90% chance of detecting an exploding primordial black hole within a decade. Such an event would confirm Stephen Hawking’s theory that black holes evaporate, releasing a flash of radiation and exotic particles. Detecting one would revolutionize physics and rewrite our understanding of the universe.

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  Black Hole Kicked Away? Gravitational Waves Reveal Einstein’s Ripples in Spacetime

  Astronomers have, for the first time, measured the recoil speed and direction of a newborn black hole using gravitational waves. Data from the 2019 event GW190412 revealed the remnant shot away at 50 km/s. This breakthrough shows gravitational waves can reconstruct full 3D motion, offering new ways to connect black hole mergers with light signals.

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  James Webb Space Telescope Spots Rare Protostar Blasting Twin Jets Across Milky Way

  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare protostar about ten times the Sun’s mass blasting twin jets nearly eight light-years long. The beams carve through the glowing Sharpless 2-284 nebula, offering astronomers a vivid glimpse into how massive stars form and shape their galactic environment.

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  NASA Hubble Space Telescope Uncovers One of the Youngest Known Blue Straggler–White Dwarf Systems

  Italian astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a white dwarf orbiting a blue straggler star in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, located 15,300 light-years away. The rare system, among the youngest detected, sheds light on stellar mass transfer and offers vital clues to the evolution of binary stars in dense clusters.

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  NASA Detects Strange Gamma-Ray Burst That Defies 50 Years of Expectations

  Astronomers have spotted GRB 250702B, a gamma-ray burst that erupted several times over two days—something never seen before. Detected by NASA’s Fermi and China’s Einstein Probe, the event defies current models of collapsing stars or black holes, hinting at an entirely new cosmic phenomenon.

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  Kristin Cabot's Husband Andrew Breaks Silence On Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal: "Separated Weeks Before..."

  Through a spokesperson, Andrew, the CEO of Privateer Rum, clarified that he and Kristin had amicably separated weeks before the concert, emphasising that their divorce was already in motion before the public spectacle.

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  Newly Discovered Comet Lemmon Could Soon Be Visible With Binoculars

  Astronomers discovered Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) in January, and it could soon become visible to skywatchers. Passing closest to Earth on October 20, 2025, the comet may brighten to binocular range or possibly to the naked eye. Its evolving coma and tail promise an exciting celestial show.

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  TARS: Sunlight-Powered Space Slingshot Could Propel Tiny Probes to the Stars

  Astronomer David Kipping has proposed TARS, a sunlight-driven space slingshot. Using reflective panels spun in space, it can fling small probes at escape speed. Though Alpha Centauri is over a thousand years away, this simple, fuel-free idea could pave the way for future interstellar missions.

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  Universe’s First Stars May Have Been Smaller Than Astronomers Once Believed

  Astronomers once thought the universe’s first stars were only massive giants. New simulations and lab experiments reveal turbulence and early chemistry allowed smaller, Sun-like stars to form too. This discovery reshapes our view of cosmic dawn, showing the first stellar generation was more diverse than previously believed.

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  Could a Planet Exist Without a Host Star? Astronomers Say Rogue Worlds May Roam Freely

  Astronomers have discovered that planets can survive without stars, drifting as rogue or hypervelocity worlds. Some are flung into space by black holes, while others are displaced by gas giants. On some of these rogue worlds, the idea goes, there might be oceans beneath icy crusts, where life, at least life at a microbe level, could exist.

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  Exoplanets Explained: How Astronomers Find Worlds Orbiting Stars Beyond the Sun

  Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, hidden by stellar glare and detected indirectly. Astronomers identify them by tracking star wobbles or dips in brightness during planetary transits. NASA’s Kepler mission revealed thousands, with TESS now expanding the search. These discoveries confirm that planetary systems are abun...

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  UY Scuti Reigns as the Universe’s Biggest Known Star, but Its Crown May Be at Risk

  UY Scuti, a red hypergiant about 1,700 times the Sun’s radius, is the universe’s largest known star. Nearly 5 billion suns could fit inside its volume, but rivals like NML Cygni and Westerlund 1-26 challenge its claim to the crown. Astronomers stress that size estimates carry large uncertainties, leaving the title of biggest star still conteste...

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  Ex-Astronomer HR And Husband File For Divorce 1 Month After Kiss Cam Scandal

  On July 16, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught on camera in what appeared to be an intimate position with the company's Chief Public Officer Kristen Cabot at the Coldplay concert in Boston.