Astronomers discover unexplained brightness from colossal explosion
Astronomers have discovered the brightest infrared light from a short gamma-ray burst ever seen, with a bizarre glow that is more luminous than previously...
Scientists find how water escaped Mars
Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost.
University of Arizona researchers have discovered a surprisingly...
Mining rocks in orbit could help deep space exploration
The first mining experiments conducted in space could pave the way for new technologies to help humans explore and establish settlements on distant worlds,...
Stellar flares could destroy exoplanet’s habitability, shows study
Planetary habitability, defined by a planet's ability to sustain liquid water on its surface, is one of the most important concepts in exoplanet science.
Exoplanets...
Our universe is getting hotter, shows study
Temperature across the universe has increased about 10 times over the last 10 billion years.
The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found.
The...
Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars
Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars.
Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile’s dry...
Astronomers detect ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy for the first time
Fast radio bursts are extremely bright flashes of energy that last for a fraction of a second, during which they can blast out more...
Scientists find new way to see dark matter
A small team of astronomers have found a new way to 'see' the elusive dark matter haloes that surround galaxies, with a new technique...
Scientists reveal some mystery of fast radio bursts from the universe
In the vast universe, some extremely strong radio waves occasionally blink, with duration of only milliseconds.
Such fast radio bursts were discovered by astronomers in...
Scientists unlock mysterious cause of fast radio bursts from our Galaxy
A suite of radio antennas, including those making up Caltech's STARE2 (Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission 2) project, together with other ground- and...