Ozone may be heating the Earth more than we realize
Ozone may be weakening one of Earth's most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought, researchers have found.
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In some places, black holes are tearing apart thousands of stars at a time
At the heart of the more massive galaxies in the Universe, there are supermassive black holes (SMBHs) so powerful that they outshine all of...
Eight years later, this supernova is still revealing secrets about the lives of stars
Astronomers have uncovered new clues about a mysterious stellar explosion that was discovered eight years ago, but is continuing to evolve even as scientists...
Life elements could have been generated in asteroids, shows NASA study
Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be...
Solar beats nuclear at many potential settlement sites on Mars
The high efficiency, light weight and flexibility of the latest solar cell technology means photovoltaics could provide all the power needed for an extended...
Scientists reveal an Earth-like alien world on Saturn’s moon Titan
Saturn's moon Titan looks very much like Earth from space, with rivers, lakes, and seas filled by rain tumbling through a thick atmosphere.
While these...
Scientists find the ancestor of a supermassive black hole
Scientists identified a distant object with properties that lie between those of a galaxy and those of a so-called quasar.
The object was born relatively...
Our Earth likely formed inside a solar nebula, shows study
Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth's core, according to a new study.
Because almost all helium-3 is from the...
Pluto’s orbit is surprisingly unstable, shows study
In 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the fabled "Ninth Planet" (or "Planet X") while working at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
The existence of...
Scientists find possible location of medium-sized black holes
Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find but a new study indicates there may be some at the center of dense star clusters...