Space RugbyScientists Discover a ‘Deformed,’ Rugby Ball‑Shaped Exoplanet For the First Time “The exoplanet seems to be spiraling away from its star, an unexpected finding given the power of [its sun’s] gravitational pull.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Surprise SurpriseStars May Be Forming 10 Times Faster Than Thought, Finds Study “If this is proven to be the case in other gas clouds, it will be revolutionary for the star formation community.” By Saumya Kalia
Gotta Take The Trash Out!‘Space Is Not a Trash Can,’ Says Scientist About Worsening Debris Problem "While much is being done to clean up our oceans and our rivers, space debris is the responsibility of all nations who operate there." By Devrupa Rakshit
NASA 1 Icarus 0In a First, NASA’s Probe Has ‘Touched’ the Sun The Parker probe flying into the solar corona represents “one of the last great unknowns." By Devrupa Rakshit
Sustainable ScienceScientists Find a Way to ‘Catapult’ Rockets Into Space Like ‘Slingshots’ With space exploration expected to rise soon, this method is aimed at making the process environmentally sustainable and cheaper. By Devrupa Rakshit
Water Water EverywhereNew Research Suggests Water on Earth May Have Come From the Sun The research could help decode mysteries about the Earth and also offer answers about origin of water in other planets, scientists say. By Devrupa Rakshit
Cloaked By Cosmic DustAstronomers Find 2 ‘Invisible’ Galaxies Behind Cosmic Dust “Up to one in five of the earliest galaxies may have been missing from our map of the heavens,” researchers noted. By Devrupa Rakshit
Ring-a-ring a DebrisEarth May Soon Have Saturn‑Like Rings – Made Up of Space Junk The growing space debris problem may result in the “Kessler Effect” - when smaller bits of junk may collide to make the orbit unusable. By Saumya Kalia
Space GoldmineBlack Holes Could Be Making Gold, Shows New Research Elements like gold could form around an active newborn black hole as it swallows gas from its environment. By Saumya Kalia
Unlocking MysteriesA Finding of 35 New Gravitational Waves Offers ‘Game‑Changing’ Clues About the Universe Scientists call it a "tsunami" of gravitational waves, which could help understand the evolution of the universe. By Saumya Kalia
Poor PlutoPluto Stopped Being a Planet. Now Its Atmosphere Is Disappearing As it moves away from the sun, Pluto’s atmosphere is beginning to disappear, and refreeze onto its surface. By Devrupa Rakshit
Redeeming SupernovaeScientists Discover a Giant Sphere‑Shaped Void in the Milky Way Baffled by the void, scientists say, "What we see is the cavity, which means that there was some powerful mechanism to excavate this region." By Devrupa Rakshit
Beyond The EarthScientists Find Molecules in Space That Could Form New Solar Systems "It is possible that the molecules that are needed to kick-start life on planets are readily available in all planet-forming environments." By Devrupa Rakshit
Come AgainThe Buzz Cut: We Thought ‘The Activist’ Was Bad but the Apologies Are Worse This week in The Buzz Cut, we look at Sally Rooney's new novel and product placement in outer space. By Saumya Kalia
Out Of the World QuestThe Buzz Cut: After a UFO ‘Experience,’ Demi Lovato Announces They Will Look for Aliens on Earth This week in The Buzz Cut, a look at Michael K. Williams's legacy and what messy fashion in 'Sex and the City' did for women. By Saumya Kalia
Science Non-FictionNASA to Attack an Asteroid in Space to Prepare Against Future Collisions NASA's objective is to learn how to prevent "a truly catastrophic natural disaster" like the kind that killed dinosaurs. By Devrupa Rakshit
Planetary CannibalismA Third of All Sun‑Like Stars Have Devoured Their Planets, Shows Research Now, researchers can identify stars "less likely to host Earth-like planets, which could be useful as a criterion for planet searches." By Saumya Kalia
"How (On Earth) Did I Miss That?"Discovery of ‘Unknown’ Milky Way Structure Shows Just How Little We Know Our Home Named “Cattail,” astronomers are still unsure of what the structure is, demonstrating how little we know about our galaxy. By Devrupa Rakshit