Smelly phosphine could be a sign of alien life in nearby exoplanets
Phosphine, a molecule known on Earth for its smelly and toxic nature, may be a sure sign of alien life if detected in nearby...
Distant Milky Way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy!
The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by...
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution
Every school child learns about the water cycle--evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
But what if there were a deep Earth component of this process happening...
Scientists find new way to “weigh” supermassive black holes
Supermassive black holes are the largest black holes, with masses that can exceed a billion Suns.
Just this spring, the first-ever image of the supermassive...
New NASA image provides more details about first observed interstellar comet
A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides important new details about the first interstellar comet astronomers have seen in our solar system.
The...
NASA’s treasure map for water ice on Mars
A new study identifies frozen water just below the Martian surface, where astronauts could easily dig it up.
NASA has big plans for returning astronauts...
Second known interstellar object Borisov passes through our Solar System
Comet 2I/Borisov is only the second interstellar object known to have passed through our Solar System.
The Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured...
Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way
A new analysis puts dark matter back in the game as a possible source of energy excess at the galactic center.
MIT physicists are reigniting...
Scientists find most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million years after the Big...
Water is common, yet scarce, in exoplanets
New finding challenges current theories of planet formation and has implications for the search for water in the solar system and beyond.
A team of...