I’m a science journalist and researcher at The Watchers, contributing to the Epicenter edition, where I cover peer-reviewed scientific research and emerging discoveries across Earth and space sciences. With a background in astronomy and a passion for environmental science, I’ve worked in shark and coral conservation in Fiji, conducting reef and shark-behavior research, contributing to mangrove restoration, and earning PADI Open Water and Coral Reef Certifications. I bring a blend of scientific rigor and storytelling to illuminate the discoveries shaping our planet and beyond.
I’m a science journalist and researcher at The Watchers, contributing to the Epicenter edition, where I cover peer-reviewed scientific research and emerging discoveries across Earth and space sciences. With a background in astronomy and a passion for environmental science, I’ve worked in shark and coral conservation in Fiji, conducting reef and shark-behavior research, contributing to mangrove restoration, and earning PADI Open Water and Coral Reef Certifications. I bring a blend of scientific rigor and storytelling to illuminate the discoveries shaping our planet and beyond.
Astronomers have confirmed the first known case of a diskless, synchronized polar-type white dwarf system hosting a persistent bow shock. The structure surrounding RXJ0528+2838 challenges existing models of energy loss in magnetic binaries and appears to be powered by an unknown long-term mechanism. The findings were published in Nature Astronomy on January 12, 2026.
A global analysis of satellite gravity data shows that El Niño and La Niña have been the dominant drivers of drought and flood extremes worldwide over the past two decades, synchronizing wet and dry conditions across continents.
Direct observations from two Chinese megacities show that urban air holds vast numbers of microplastic and nanoplastic particles, placing the atmosphere at the center of the global plastic cycle rather than its margins.
A second fragment of the Al Khor meteorite was recovered in northern Qatar after a four-month search effort, with the discovery announced on January 11, 2026. The find was confirmed by Sheikh Salman bin Jabor al-Thani, head of the Qatar Astronomical Centre, who announced the recovery on his X account.
An international research team led by ETH Zurich tracked an exceptionally active solar region for 94 consecutive days using two spacecraft, documenting its full evolution and linking it directly to the strongest geomagnetic storm in twenty years during May 2024.
Astronomers analyzing early commissioning data from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified the fastest-spinning asteroid ever confirmed at sizes larger than 500 m (0.3 miles). The object, designated 2025 MN45, was observed in April–May 2025 and reported in a peer-reviewed study published on January 7, 2026.
A rare and extremely luminous tidal disruption event, designated AT2022cmc, was detected in 2022 at cosmological distance after a Sun-like star was torn apart by a supermassive black hole, producing a relativistic jet observed from Earth across optical, X-ray, radio, and submillimetre wavelengths.
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array found an unusually revealing target in “Gomez’s Hamburger,” a protoplanetary disk seen almost edge-on, where neatly layered gas and dust expose how giant planets may begin assembling deep within young planetary systems.
They were supposed to be some of the cleanest places on Earth — yet inside NASA’s spacecraft assembly cleanrooms, scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown bacterial species, organisms that not only survived extreme sterilization protocols but also carry genetic traits that could help them endure the harsh conditions of space.
Astronomers using the NASA and European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the first known starless, gas rich object dominated by dark matter, identifying Cloud-9 as a relic of early galaxy formation near the spiral galaxy Messier 94.
