A groundbreaking study suggests that our early Sun may have been encircled by massive rings of dust—structures that shaped the very layout of our Solar System and may have prevented Earth from becoming a super-Earth. According to researchers, these dusty rings were created by pressure “bumps”—high-pressure zones caused as particles spiraled inward, heated up, and released gases through vaporization. These zones formed sublimation lines, where materials like silicates, water ice, and carbon monoxide turned from solid to gas. As a result, dust got trapped instead of falling into the Sun, clumping into planetesimals—the seeds of planets. Simulations showed that: The inner ring gave rise to Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars The middle ring helped birth the gas giants The outer ring contributed to comets, asteroids, and Kuiper Belt objects Interestingly, had the middle ring formed a bit later, more material could have gathered in the inner Solar System—potentially allowing super-Earths to form. Their absence is one of the mysteries that sets our planetary system apart from others across the galaxy. RESEARCH PAPER Andre Izidoro et al., Planetesimal rings as the cause of the Solar System’s planetary architecture, Nature Astronomy (2022)

Ever wondered where humanity and our robotic explorers have actually landed on the Moon? This map shows the historic touchdown sites of some of the most iconic lunar missions — from the legendary Apollo landings, to robotic Surveyor probes, Soviet Luna landers, and China’s recent Chang’e missions. The U.S. Apollo program (1969–1972) sent 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon — a feat still unmatched. NASA’s Surveyor missions helped test landing tech before the Apollo era. The Soviet Union’s Luna landers were the first to impact, orbit, and soft-land on the Moon. China made history with Chang’e-3 and Chang’e-4 — the first to land on the Moon's far side! Each dot on this Moon map represents years of planning, incredible science, and the dream of exploring beyond Earth. Which mission inspires you the most? #moon #moonlanding #Apollo #NASA #spaceexploration #lunarmission #spacetech #galaxy #universe #orbit #satellite #spacehistory #ChangE #Surveyor #Luna

Did Our Universe Begin Inside a Black Hole? A Shocking JWST Discovery Suggests It Might Have A mind-bending find from the James Webb Space Telescope is shaking up everything we thought we knew about the universe's origin — and pointing to an idea once thought purely theoretical: We may be living inside a black hole. The Twist? A Cosmic Rotation Imbalance Astronomers analyzing deep-space data from JWST’s JADES survey found something strange: Out of 263 ancient galaxies, 66% rotate clockwise, and only 34% counterclockwise. In a balanced, directionless universe, that’s a huge red flag — it should be 50/50. So what could explain this cosmic bias? A Universe Born From a Black Hole’s Spin This fits a radical theory called Schwarzschild cosmology, which proposes: Our universe was born inside a black hole in a parent universe Black holes don’t end matter — they birth new universes through spin and spacetime torsion The Big Bang was actually a bounce-back from gravitational collapse, imprinting the parent black hole’s spin onto newborn galaxies The JWST’s data might be the first observable fingerprint of that ancient spin. But not everyone’s convinced... Alternative Theories Some say this rotation imbalance may be a result of the Milky Way’s own spin skewing our view. If so, we may need to rethink how we: Measure galactic motion Solve cosmic puzzles like the Hubble tension and early galaxy formation Whatever the answer, this discovery could redefine cosmology — showing that black holes may not destroy reality, but create it. Research by Lior Shamir, MNRAS (2025) #JWSTDiscovery #BlackHoleUniverse #CosmicRotation #SchwarzschildCosmology #BigBangBounce

The Andromeda Galaxy—our nearest galactic neighbor—is hurtling toward us at 110 km/s (250,000 mph). In about 4 billion years, it will collide and merge with the Milky Way. But don’t panic—stars won’t crash. The vast distances between them make direct impacts rare. Instead, gravity will twist and reshape both galaxies, flinging stars into new orbits and forming a massive new galaxy: Milkomeda. It’ll be a cosmic transformation—and future skies will never look the same. #GalacticCollision #Milkomeda #AndromedaGalaxy #CosmicFuture #AstronomyFacts

From the galaxy far far away there is a star with a blue planet orbiting...