| Jul 1 | Citizen scientists spot rare exploding star in real-time Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within hours. Swift community follow-up captured X-ray, U... |
| Jun 30 | JWST unlocks 10-billion-year mystery of how galaxies shape themselves Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies first formed thick, chaotic disks, and only later de... |
| Jun 30 | Planets may start forming before stars even finish growing In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling around 27 infant stars—evidence that planets start taking shape just a few hundred thousand years after their suns ignite, ... |
| Jun 28 | Record-breaking 10-billion-year radio halo just rewrote the univers... A newly discovered radio halo, 10 billion light-years away, reveals that galaxy clusters in the early universe were already steeped in high-energy particles. The finding hints at ancient black hole activity or cosmic particle collisions fueling th... |
| Jun 28 | A mysterious mineral in asteroid Ryugu may rewrite planetary history A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in scorching, chemically reduced conditions and never before ... |
| Jun 27 | World’s largest camera just snapped the Universe in 3,200 megapixels The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant will scan the southern sky in ultra-HD, helping ... |
| Jun 25 | Martian dust to dream homes: How microbes can build on the red planet Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely autonomously and without human help. |
| Jun 25 | Mojave lichen defies death rays—could life thrive on distant exopla... Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic “sunscreen” layer that protects their vital cells—e... |
| Jun 22 | What the Universe tried to hide: The 21-centimeter signal explained Scientists are peering into the universe's mysterious Cosmic Dawn using the faint whispers of hydrogen radio waves emitted over 13 billion years ago. These signals, particularly the elusive 21-centimeter signal, offer rare insights into the masses... |
| Jun 21 | Sharpest-ever solar view shows tiny stripes driving big space storms A stunning breakthrough in solar physics reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures on the Sun's surface, thanks to the NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope. Researchers captured never-before-seen bright and dark stripes—called striations—within solar granule... |
| Jun 19 | Massive thread of hot gas found linking galaxies — and it’s 10 time... Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a discovery that could finally solve the mystery of the Universe s missing matter. This giant thread, 10 times the mass of ... |
| Jun 18 | A thousand colors, one galaxy: Astronomers reveal a cosmic masterpiece Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial features in stunning color and resolution. By combining over 50 hours of observations using the European Southern Observa... |
| Jun 17 | Biggest boom since the Big Bang? Astronomers record 25x supernova b... Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical supernovae by orders of magnitude and stay bright for years. Triggered when massive stars are torn apart by supermassive black ... |
| Jun 16 | Tiny orange beads found by Apollo astronauts reveal moon’s explosiv... When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, formed billions of years ago during fiery erup... |
| Jun 16 | Magnetic mayhem at the sun’s poles: First images reveal a fiery mys... For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists have captured groundbreaking images and data th... |
| Jun 15 | Galactic mystery: Why massive stars struggle to form in the Milky W... At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, scientists captured rare high-resolution infra... |
| Jun 14 | Impossible signal from deep beneath Antarctic ice baffles physicists A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State. The unusual radio puls... |
| Jun 14 | AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes. Using over 12 million simulations powered by high-throughput computing, scientists discovered that the Milky Way's centr... |
| Jun 14 | Why giant planets might form faster than we thought Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered how gas and dust in planet-forming disks evolve separately an insight that reshapes our understanding of how different types of planets form. While dust lingers, gas dissipates quickly, narrowing the window fo... |
| Jun 13 | Webb space telescope reveals starburst galaxies that lit up the ear... Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one we know today. |