Extraterrestrial News & Deep Space Exploration
If you ask someone to name a constellation, chances are they’ll say Orion. With his three bright belt stars and a glowing sword, the Hunter is one of the rare star patterns that truly resembles its legend. For centuries he has ruled winter skies in the north. Yet travel far enough south—from New York to... Continue Reading →
Let’s drop the poetry. Once you pass the asteroid belt, the solar system stops being about rocky little worlds like Earth or Mars. Out there, it becomes the realm of giants. Jupiter and Saturn are the gas giants—the heavyweights of our planetary neighborhood. They dominate everything around them and play by rules very different from... Continue Reading →
Around 12,900 years ago, as the last Ice Age was drawing to a close, Earth experienced a sudden and violent climate reversal. Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere dropped rapidly, ecosystems were disrupted, large Ice Age animals vanished, and human cultures were forced to adapt or disappear. This period is known to science as the Younger... Continue Reading →
By Cosmic Watcher | December 16, 2025 It is a problem that has annoyed astronomers for twenty years: How did the universe get so heavy, so fast? According to standard physics, black holes need time to grow. They start small—perhaps 10 to 100 times the mass of our Sun—and slowly feed on gas or merge... Continue Reading →
By Cosmic Watchers | December 16, 2025 In the search for habitable worlds, we usually look for "Earth 2.0"—blue oceans, green land, and fluffy clouds. TOI-561 b is the opposite of that in every way. It is a Super-Earth with a surface temperature of 3,100°F (1,700°C), likely covered in a global ocean of molten lava.... Continue Reading →
For as long as people have watched the sky, the Sun and Moon have shaped our sense of time, season, and wonder. Among all the sights our ancestors passed down through stories and observations, few feel as striking—and almost uncanny—as a total solar eclipse. One simple astronomical coincidence makes it possible: the Moon appears almost... Continue Reading →
What If? Here’s a weird thought: our bodies might be hinting that we aren’t originally from Earth. Everyone knows Earth spins once every 24 hours. That’s what we base our entire lives on—day, night, sleep, work, everything. But when scientists take people and stick them in places where they can’t see the sun and don’t... Continue Reading →
India’s ancient texts are among the richest sources of celestial lore. The Vedas, epics like the Mahabharata, and later Sanskrit works describe not only constellations and rituals tied to the stars, but also strange tales of flying machines and heavenly weapons. The Vedic Star Traditions Vedic priests were keen observers of the heavens. They tracked... Continue Reading →
Since the earliest days of civilization, people have followed rivers upstream, seeking their source. The place where a river begins—its headwaters—is often a hidden spring, a melting glacier, or a lake nestled high in the mountains. These beginnings, humble and remote, have always carried a sense of reverence. In many cultures, the source of a... Continue Reading →
The Milky Way, our cosmic home, is not a static entity. It's hurtling through space at roughly 600 km/s relative to the cosmic microwave background. But beyond this rapid motion, intriguing observations have led astronomers to speculate about another dynamic behavior: the "flapping" of its spiral arms. The Galactic Motion The Milky Way is part... Continue Reading →
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