Exoplanets with underground oceans are more likely to support life
Interior water ocean worlds like Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, are prevalent throughout the universe.
New research from Southwest Research Institute suggests that layers of rock...
Scientists find complex carbon-based molecules in space
Much of the carbon in space is believed to exist in the form of large molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Since the 1980s, circumstantial...
What is life? And will we find it on other planets
How did life get started on Earth?
And how are we using what we know to look for it throughout the galaxy?
Chemistry is helping us...
Mars’ water is trapped in its crust, not escaped into space, shows new study
Large quantity of the Red Planet’s water is trapped in its crust rather than having escaped into space, shows new study.
Billions of years ago,...
Satellite constellation could boost Wi-Fi on planes soon
Flight passengers will soon be able to connect to their families and colleagues on Earth via low-orbit telecommunications satellites.
Speeds will be comparable to those...
What sparked life on Earth? Perhaps bolts from the blue
Lightning strikes — perhaps a quintillion of them, occurring over a billion years — may have provided sparks of life for the early Earth.
A...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot feeds on smaller storms, shows study
The stormy, centuries-old maelstrom of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was shaken but not destroyed by a series of anticyclones that crashed into it over...
What would volcanoes look like on metallic planets
What would a volcano - and its lava flows - look like on a planetary body made primarily of metal?
A pilot study from North...
Ancient light reveals matter that fuels galaxy formation
Using light from the Big Bang, an international team led by Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has...
What happened to Mars’s water? It is still trapped there!
Billions of years ago, the Red Planet was far more blue.
According to evidence still found on the surface, abundant water flowed across Mars and...