Methane in the plumes of Saturn's moon enceladus: Possible signs of life?
A study concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn's icy moon.
Jul 7th, 2021
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A study concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn's icy moon.
Jul 7th, 2021
Read moreTantalizing evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of 'free-floating' planets, planets that may be alone in deep space, unbound to any host star. The results include four new discoveries that are consistent with planets of similar masses to Earth.
Jul 6th, 2021
Read moreResearchers account for some of the lithium missing from our universe.
Jul 5th, 2021
Read moreNothing seems more familiar than the sun in the sky. But mysterious swirls, jets, and flashes of powerful light that scientists cannot explain occur in the sun�s outer atmosphere all the time. Now, researchers have gained insight into these puzzling phenomena.
Jul 2nd, 2021
Read moreSpinning things abound in the Universe, from tiny to vast, and astronomers may now have found the vastest.
Jul 2nd, 2021
Read moreAstronomers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique to remove noise in astronomical data due to random variations in galaxy shapes.
Jul 2nd, 2021
Read moreNew analysis by astronomer finds agreement with standard model in ongoing 'Hubble tension'.
Jun 30th, 2021
Read moreScientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, 'like Pac Man', in a discovery documenting the collision of the two most extreme and enigmatic objects in the Universe.
Jun 29th, 2021
Read moreAstronomers studying stellar pairs uncover evidence that there could be many more Earth-sized planets than previously thought.
Jun 29th, 2021
Read moreThe discovery of a new type of supernova illuminates a medieval mystery.
Jun 29th, 2021
Read moreAn international group of astronomers has created images with never-before-seen detail of a galaxy cluster with a black hole at its centre, travelling at high speed along an intergalactic 'road of matter'. The findings also support existing theories of the origins and evolution of the universe.
Jun 28th, 2021
Read moreJupiter's clouds have water conditions that would allow Earth-like life to exist, but this isn't possible in Venus' clouds.
Jun 28th, 2021
Read moreEstimated to be 100�200 kilometers across, the unusual wandering body will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2031.
Jun 28th, 2021
Read moreSingularities such as those at the centre of black holes, where density becomes infinite, are often said to be places where physics 'breaks down'. However, this doesn�t mean that 'anything' could happen, and physicists are interested in which laws could break down, and how.
Jun 25th, 2021
Read moreNew survey reveals that the presence of gaps in planet-forming disks is more common to higher mass stars and to the development of large, gaseous exoplanets.
Jun 23rd, 2021
Read moreA new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for oxygen-based photosynthesis to develop on a planet, which would enable complex biospheres of the type found on Earth.
Jun 23rd, 2021
Read moreScientists found a way to better determine which exoplanets are most likely to produce detectable signals based on magnetosphere activity on exoplanets' previously discounted nightsides.
Jun 22nd, 2021
Read moreNew research pushes the limits of dark matter observations to the unknown outer regions of galaxies, and in doing so re-evaluates several dark matter models and alternative theories of gravity.
Jun 22nd, 2021
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