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.

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  • At least 12 killed, 500 rescued as heavy rainfall hits Greater Accra, Ghana

    ByReet Kaur

    At least 12 people died and nearly 500 others were rescued after heavy rainfall flooded parts of Ghana’s Greater Accra Region on Monday, June 29, 2026. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) said rescue and recovery operations continued on Tuesday, June 30, while one elderly person remained missing.

  • Hidden ancient magma systems reshaped Mars’ evolution

    ByReet Kaur

    Mars may have been far more geologically sophisticated than scientists once believed. A study published in Nature Astronomy on June 26, 2026 concludes that the Red Planet once sustained enormous interconnected magma plumbing systems capable of recycling and evolving molten rock throughout its crust, despite never developing Earth’s plate tectonics. The findings challenge one of the long-standing assumptions in planetary science and suggest that rocky planets may be able to build complex crust, and potentially environments favourable for life, without following Earth’s geological blueprint.

  • Loudest gravitational-wave signal yet opens first direct window onto a black hole’s event horizon

    ByReet Kaur

    Scientists have used the loudest gravitational-wave signal ever recorded to extract the first observational evidence of signatures from a newly formed black hole’s event horizon, opening a new way to probe one of the most extreme environments in the universe where general relativity and quantum physics are expected to meet. The findings, published in Nature on June 24, 2026, are based on GW250114, the strongest binary black hole merger detected to date.

  • Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a fragment of a 12-billion-year-old planetary system

    ByReet Kaur

    The third confirmed interstellar object detected in the Solar System possesses an isotopic composition unlike any known Solar System comet, according to a study published in Nature on June 22, 2026. Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope revealed extreme enrichments in heavy hydrogen and unusual carbon isotope ratios, leading researchers to conclude that 3I/ATLAS likely formed in a cold, metal-poor environment during an early phase of Milky Way evolution, potentially 10 to 12 billion years ago.

  • Rare plutonium isotope preserved in Pacific seabed points to an ancient cosmic explosion

    ByReet Kaur

    Tiny traces of radioactive plutonium locked inside a slow-growing crust on the floor of the Pacific Ocean have helped scientists solve a cosmic mystery dating back more than 100 million years. In a study published on June 15, 2026, in Nature Astronomy, an international team reports that the last nearby event capable of forging many of the Universe’s heaviest elements occurred long before the supernovae whose signatures have already been found on Earth.