Gas on Saturn’s moon Enceladus could be ‘free lunch’ for alien life
The subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus probably has higher than previously known concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a more Earthlike pH...
Scientists have a new tool to search for extraterrestrial life
Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial life – a sophisticated bot that helps identify stars hosting planets similar to Jupiter...
NASA’s Dragonfly will fly around Titan looking for signs of life
NASA has announced that our next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world Titan.
Advancing our search for the building blocks...
First AI universe is so fast even creators aren’t sure how it works
For the first time, astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence techniques to generate complex 3D simulations of the universe.
The results are so fast, accurate and...
Scientists discover the outermost edge of the Milky Way galaxy
A team of researchers identified the outermost edge of the Milky Way galaxy.
Using the Subaru Telescope, the researchers examined the boundary of the stellar...
‘Bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes might be made of alien crystals
The frigid lakeshores of Saturn's moon Titan might be encrusted with strange, unearthly minerals, according to a new study.
Scientists have discovered new compounds and...
Scientists use X-rays from faraway galaxy cluster to reveal secrets of plasma
Most visible matter in the universe doesn’t look like our textbook picture of a nucleus surrounded by tethered electrons.
Out beyond our borders, inside massive...
This black hole is 40 times smaller than we thought
A black hole at the center of a nearby dwarf galaxy, called NGC 4395, is about 40 times smaller than previously thought, report researchers.
If...
300 stars show our solar system may be special
Our solar system may have rare qualities that could possibly be related to the habitability of Earth.
Over the past four years, an instrument attached...
Astronomers see ‘warm’ glow of Uranus’s rings
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes -- they weren't even discovered until 1977 -- but they're surprisingly bright...