Comet’s intense heat turned sand to glass in Chilean desert 12000 years ago
Around 12,000 years ago, something scorched a vast swath of the Atacama Desert in Chile with heat so intense that it turned the sandy...
Scientists reveal what drives the superwinds in some galaxies
When astronomers observe superwinds traveling at extremely high speeds from super star clusters, or “starbursts,” they previously assumed the winds were driven by supernovae,...
Scientists detect fluorine in a galaxy that’s far far away
A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine—an element found in bones and teeth as fluoride—is forged in the universe.
Using the Atacama Large...
Scientists detect signs of water in a galaxy far, far away
Water has been detected in the most massive galaxy in the early Universe, according to new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Scientists...
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their cores release a devastating gravitational “kick,” similar to the recoil from a shotgun.
New research...
Bacteria could make rocket fuel on Mars, shows study
There are many types of rocket fuel.
Some are more useful on a particular planet. And some can be created by bacteria.
A team from Georgia...
Spoiler alert: Aliens were not signaling us…
An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely...
Scientists probe the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away
Scientists using the Gemini Observatory telescope in Chile has found a way to measure the amount of both water and carbon monoxide in the...
Dead star and exoplanet show the aftermath of a star’s self-destruction
Astronomers at the W.M. Keck Observatory have discovered a planetary system close to the center of the Milky Way galaxy that experienced the death...
NASA’s Juno probe offers the first 3D view of Jupiter atmosphere
New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about...