An ancient Martian Lake was larger than any lake on earth
The ESA’s Mars Express orbiter captured an image of the remains of a vast ancient lake on Mars.
The remnant lake bed has been weathered...
Scientists propose revolutionary method to warm Mars
For years, people have wondered if Mars, a cold and lifeless planet, could be transformed into a place where life could thrive.
A team of...
NASA’s Hubble captures stunning image of a distant supernova
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus.
What makes this image special...
The aftermath of neutron star mergers
Neutron stars (NS) are the collapsed cores of supermassive giant stars that contain between 10 and 25 solar masses. Aside from black holes, they...
Scientists propose using small black holes to detect massive black holes
Astrophysicists from around the world, including researchers from the University of Zurich, have come up with an exciting new way to detect massive black...
Scientists discover hidden dust near supermassive black hole
Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover a hidden layer of dust in a galaxy 70 million light-years away.
This discovery,...
Scientists discover stellar flares pose risks to potentially habitable planets
Astronomers have found that red dwarf stars, which are common in our galaxy, can produce stellar flares with far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher...
A new study reveals why the moon has a very thin atmosphere
The moon’s atmosphere is so thin that we only discovered it in 1971—after astronauts had already been there.
Ever since, scientists have been puzzling about...
Scientists discover ancient stars in the Milky Way’s thin disk
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the evolution of our galaxy using data from the Gaia mission.
They found a large number of ancient...
How meteorite impacts shape the Moon’s thin atmosphere
While the Moon lacks the breathable air we have on Earth, it does have a very thin atmosphere, known as an "exosphere."
This delicate layer...