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China Releases First Close-Up Photo of Earth’s Strange Quasi-Moon

Earth has the Moon. But it also has something much smaller, stranger, and far less famous travelling near it. China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has returned the first close-up image of asteroid…

Atlas 07/07/2026

Deep Space

NASA Webb Reveals a Galaxy Still Scarred by a Cosmic Collision

Some galaxies look peaceful from far away. Centaurus A is not one of them. NASA has released a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the nearby galaxy…

Konrad 07/07/2026

Space Mysteries

Is the Speed of Dark A Real Thing?

Everyone knows about the speed of light. It is one of the most famous limits in the universe, clocking in at roughly 186,000 miles per second, or about 300,000 kilometers…

Konrad 04/07/2026

Space News

ESO Warns One Million Satellites Could Threaten the Night Sky

The night sky may be heading toward a very strange future. Not because of aliens. Not because Betelgeuse is about to explode for the 900th time according to someone’s Facebook…

Atlas 04/07/2026

Solar System

ESA Spacecraft Reaches Orbit to Watch Earth’s Invisible Shield

Earth is not just floating naked through space. Thankfully. Our planet is surrounded by an invisible protective bubble called the magnetosphere. It is created by Earth’s magnetic field and helps…

Atlas 02/07/2026

Space Mysteries

NASA Finds the Milky Way May Be Wider Than We Thought

We live inside the Milky Way, but that does not mean we have a perfect map of it. In fact, that is one of the weirdest things about astronomy. We…

Konrad 02/07/2026

Space News

Euclid Telescope Reveals 60 Million Stars in the Milky Way’s Heart

ESA’s Euclid space telescope has just given us one of the most stunning views ever taken of our own galaxy. Not another distant galaxy billions of light-years away. Not a…

Konrad 27/06/2026

Space News

NASA Finds the Puffiest Planets Ever Discovered

NASA’s TESS mission has discovered two of the puffiest planets ever found. The planets are called TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, and they orbit a Sun-like star about 1,113 light-years…

Konrad 26/06/2026

Space News

James Webb Spots Six Galaxies Merging Into a Giant Galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope has just caught something extraordinary in the early universe: at least six galaxies packed together and merging into what may become one of the largest…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Solar System

How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?

There are eight official planets in the Solar System. They are divided into two main groups: Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Solar System

Why Is the Moon Moving Away From Earth?

The Moon looks like it has always been there. Every night, it rises above Earth like a familiar old companion. It controls the tides, lights up the night sky, appears…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Black Holes

What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole?

Black holes are often described as cosmic monsters. They swallow stars, bend light, distort time, and sit in space like invisible traps where gravity has gone completely feral. But one…

Atlas 22/06/2026