Stellar flares could destroy exoplanet’s habitability, shows study
Planetary habitability, defined by a planet's ability to sustain liquid water on its surface, is one of the most important concepts in exoplanet science.
Exoplanets...
Our universe is getting hotter, shows study
Temperature across the universe has increased about 10 times over the last 10 billion years.
The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found.
The...
Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars
Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars.
Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile’s dry...
Astronomers detect ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy for the first time
Fast radio bursts are extremely bright flashes of energy that last for a fraction of a second, during which they can blast out more...
Scientists find new way to see dark matter
A small team of astronomers have found a new way to 'see' the elusive dark matter haloes that surround galaxies, with a new technique...
Scientists reveal some mystery of fast radio bursts from the universe
In the vast universe, some extremely strong radio waves occasionally blink, with duration of only milliseconds.
Such fast radio bursts were discovered by astronomers in...
Scientists unlock mysterious cause of fast radio bursts from our Galaxy
A suite of radio antennas, including those making up Caltech's STARE2 (Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission 2) project, together with other ground- and...
Scientists find supersonic winds, rocky rains on this lava exoplanet
Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets:
Fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their...
Mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ may hide in dark corner of space
The search for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system — may come down to pinpointing the faintest orbital trails...
How some massive stars become isolated in the universe
A pair of University of Michigan studies reveals how some massive stars--stars eight or more times the mass of our sun--become isolated in the...