Could life survive on Mars? Hardy lichens pass the test in new study
In a groundbreaking study, scientists have shown that certain types of lichens—organisms known for thriving in Earth's harshest environments—can survive in conditions similar to...
Webb telescope reveals strange star factory near Milky Way’s center
Using NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have taken the closest and clearest look yet at one of the most extreme places in...
NASA’s Perseverance rover watched a dust devil eat another on Mars
Mars is well known for its seasonal dust storms, which occur when the southern hemisphere experiences summer.
Periodically, these storms grow to engulf the entire...
Scientists spot rare exploding star duo right next door
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have discovered a pair of stars that are slowly spiraling toward each other and will one day explode...
Want to know how to survive in space ask a Tardigrade
The 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took place from March 10–14 in The Woodlands, Texas, witnessed some very interesting proposals for space...
Scientists watch a Martian dust devil swallow another in rare video
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured something amazing on the surface of Mars—a big dust devil swallowing a smaller one.
This rare event was recorded in...
Scientists question if dark energy is constant—and it could change our entire view of...
A new discovery from the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) may challenge one of the most important ideas in modern cosmology: that dark energy...
Galaxies were already dying just 700 million years after the big bang
According to the most widely accepted cosmological model, the first stars and galaxies began forming around 300-400 million years after the Big Bang.
These formed...
Earth bacteria could survive on the moon for decades
Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon?
This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary...
Black hole found consuming its own history
One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.
So when a...