Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus
The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around our rocky red neighbor.
NASA has launched multiple rovers over the years, with a new...
Scientists find hints of life on Venus
A research team, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule - phosphine - in the...
Scientists discover a warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star
A planet observed crossing in front of, or transiting, a low-mass star has been determined to be about the size of Jupiter.
While hundreds of...
Jupiter’s moons could be warming each other
Jupiter's moons are hot.
Well, hotter than they should be, for being so far from the sun.
In a process called tidal heating, gravitational tugs from...
How the Milky Way stole an enormous gas halo from our dwarf neighbors
There is a huge halo of gas circling our Galaxy with the mass of a billion Suns.
Stripped from the two dwarf Magellanic galaxies that...
Carbon-rich exoplanets could be made of diamonds, says study
As missions like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other stars), scientists...
Rare meteorites show transport of material in early solar system
As the solar system was forming billions of years ago, the planet Jupiter carved a gap in the disk of dust and gas around...
Scientists discover brand new type of black hole
The discovery challenges prior understanding of how the mysterious cosmic objects are formed across the universe.
The researchers identified an intermediate mass black hole.
The discovery...
Scientists discover debris from stellar explosion after 400 years
Material blasting away from the site of an exploded star has been recorded traveling at speeds faster than 20 million miles per hour —...
Scientists discover a warped disc torn apart by stars in a triple Tatooine-like system
A new study has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with...