False fossils on Mars could mislead the search for life, shows study
Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests.
Rocks on Mars may contain...
Cold traps on the Moon likely have solid carbon dioxide, shows study
The trapped solid carbon dioxide could be used to sustain robot or human presence on the moon.
After decades of uncertainty, researchers have confirmed the...
Will water bears be the first interstellar astronauts
In just a few years, astronauts will walk on the surface of the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era.
In addition to...
Eggshell planets are probably not right for life, shows study
Strange “eggshell planets” are among the rich variety of exoplanets possible, according to a new study.
These rocky worlds have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer...
Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays
When supermassive black holes have tantrums, galaxies sit up and take notice.
A group of scientists announced they had detected the gamma rays from a...
This near-earth asteroid might be a lost fragment of the Moon
A near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa could be a fragment of our moon, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment...
Scientists find new way to detect planets with two suns
A new technique developed in part by University of Hawaiʻi astronomer Nader Haghighipour has allowed scientists to quickly detect a transiting planet with two...
Scientists detect a tsunami of gravitational waves
A team of international scientists, including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.
The discoveries...
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,...