Scientists capture stunning images of nearby galaxies in unprecedented detail
Astronomers from the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) have unveiled breathtaking images of five galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood, taken with the Italian VST...
What’s behind the Martian methane mystery
The seasonal variations of methane in the Martian atmosphere is an intriguing clue that there might be life hiding under the surface of the...
Bang! Meet the big ‘Red Monsters’ of the early universe.
Astronomers have spotted for the first time a trio of supermassive galaxies that were already fully formed in the first billion years of the...
A giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago helped push life forward
The Earth has always been bombarded with rocks from space. It’s true to say though that there were more rocks flying around the Solar...
Are we alone? New model explores the odds of intelligent life in the universe
Astrophysicists from Durham University have developed a new model to estimate the likelihood of intelligent life forming in our universe—and even in hypothetical universes...
Astronomers discover ultra-dense ‘super-Earth’ that’s as heavy as lead
An international team of scientists has found a fascinating new planetary system around a star similar to our sun.
The system, located about 750 light-years...
A new look at the most ancient light in the universe
In the earliest moments of the Universe, the first photons were trapped in a sea of ionized gas.
They scattered randomly with the hot nuclei...
Astronomers map the shape of a black hole’s corona for the first time
If you were lucky enough to observe a total eclipse, you are certain to remember the halo of brilliant light around the Moon during...
Discovery of three ‘red monster’ galaxies challenges ideas about the early universe
An international team of scientists led by the University of Geneva has discovered three ultra-massive galaxies that formed just a billion years after the...
Ancient meteorite reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
A team of scientists has found evidence of liquid water on Mars from 742 million years ago in a Martian meteorite known as the...