Patrick Simmons+FollowMars Is Hiding Ancient Space Debris?!Mars is basically a time capsule! Scientists just found evidence that giant chunks of ancient space debris—left over from epic collisions 4.5 billion years ago—are buried deep in the Martian mantle. Thanks to NASA’s InSight lander and its marsquake recordings, we now know Mars’ insides are studded with these cosmic leftovers. Unlike Earth, Mars doesn’t have tectonic plates to erase its past, so these fragments are still chilling down there. Wild, right? #Science #Mars #SpaceDiscovery11822Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowWebb Telescope Just Changed EverythingNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just spotted 300 super-bright, mysterious objects way out in the universe. Scientists think these could be some of the earliest galaxies ever formed—like, right after the Big Bang! If that’s true, it could totally flip what we thought we knew about how galaxies started. Basically, the universe just got a whole lot weirder (and cooler). #Science #JamesWebb #SpaceDiscovery321Share
megangibson+FollowBlack Hole Gets a Double Zoom RevealImagine using two magnifying glasses to peek at a supermassive black hole 6 billion light-years away! Astronomers just pulled off a wild 'double zoom' using Einstein’s gravitational lensing—one galaxy and one star lined up perfectly to magnify a distant quasar. The result? They spotted weird millimeter radiation flickers, hinting at a hot, magnetic 'corona' swirling around the black hole. Science just keeps getting cooler! #Science #BlackHole #SpaceDiscovery293Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowAsteroid Bennu Is Basically a Space Time CapsuleAsteroid Bennu is holding onto secrets from before our solar system even existed! Scientists found stardust older than the sun, plus organic stuff and ancient ices from interstellar space in Bennu’s samples. Turns out, Bennu’s parent asteroid had a wild ride—formed far out in the solar system, got smashed apart, and reassembled a few times. Now, Bennu’s dust is giving us a peek at how our solar system (and maybe life itself) got started. Mind. Blown. #Science #AsteroidBennu #SpaceDiscovery80Share
megangibson+FollowDid Scientists Just Find a Space Subway?Okay, this is wild: scientists have found what they're calling 'interstellar tunnels' connecting our Solar System to distant stars—think cosmic subway lines! Using X-ray telescopes, they mapped out two massive tunnels stretching across space, possibly part of a huge network. The Sun sits in a giant bubble, and these tunnels shoot out toward other star-forming regions. Could this be the key to future space travel? Mind = blown! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #Interstellar277Share
martinezlaura+FollowBrightest Space Flash Ever Tracked Down!Astronomers just spotted the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever—think a cosmic flash that outshines the sun’s entire lifetime in milliseconds! They traced it back to a tiny spot in a galaxy 130 million light-years away, using a super-precise telescope setup. The wild part? This could finally help us figure out what’s causing these mysterious space signals—maybe dying stars, magnetars, or something totally new. Space mysteries just got way juicier! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #FRB191Share
Michael Flores+FollowGalaxy Hides a Perfect Cosmic Ring?!Imagine thinking you know a galaxy, then BAM—astronomers spot a glowing ring of light around it that’s never been seen before! Thanks to the Euclid telescope, NGC 6505 just revealed a full-on Einstein ring, where a distant galaxy’s light gets bent into a perfect loop. This isn’t just eye candy—it’s a goldmine for studying dark matter and how galaxies grow. Turns out, even familiar galaxies can keep wild secrets! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #EinsteinRing20Share
megangibson+Follow12-Billion-Year-Old Space Explosion Tracked!Astronomers just traced a wild cosmic explosion—called a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT)—all the way back 12 billion years! Thanks to the new Einstein Probe, they caught this ultra-rare burst in real time and found it’s brighter than our sun’s entire lifetime. FXTs might be linked to gamma-ray bursts and the birth of black holes. This is literally the most distant event where we can see light escaping from around stars. Space is full of surprises! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #Astronomy210Share
Richard Vaughan+FollowTriple Black Hole Drama Uncovered!Astronomers just found what might be the universe’s first-ever triple black hole system—and caught it in the act of merging! Turns out, two black holes with wildly different sizes collided, but only because a hidden supermassive black hole gave them the push they needed. This cosmic dance was so rare, scientists had to recheck old data to confirm it. Now, we know black holes can form in way more complex ways than we thought! #Science #BlackHole #SpaceDiscovery120Share
megangibson+FollowWe Just Saw Inside a Star Explode!Scientists just got a front-row seat to a star blowing up—literally! For the first time, they peered inside a supernova and saw its inner layers, not just the usual cosmic mess. Turns out, this star had shed way more layers than expected, revealing secrets about how giant stars die. The wild part? We still don’t know if it ripped itself apart or if a twin star helped. Space drama at its finest! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #Supernova80Share