Astronomy
‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report
A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report in the journal Astrobiology.
New research focuses...
Astronomy
First evidence of gigantic remains from star explosions
Astrophysicists have found the first ever evidence of gigantic remains being formed from repeated explosions on the surface...
Astronomy
Plan developed to characterize and identify ocean worlds
Strategies to identify and explore ocean worlds in our Solar System should focus on a range of targets,...
Astronomy
How the faintest galaxies illuminated the early universe
Astronomers investigating behaviour of the universe shortly after the Big Bang have made a surprising discovery: the properties...
Astronomy
Planetary scientist finds evidence of planetary formation in other solar systems
Narrow dense rings of comets are coming together to form planets on the outskirts of at least three...
Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way–like galaxies in early universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories
Galaxies from the early universe are more like our own Milky Way than previously thought, flipping the entire narrative of how scientists think about...
Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope
With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now able to peer so far back in time that we are approaching...
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Life on a faraway planet -- if it's out there -- might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so...
Hidden ocean the source of carbon dioxide on Jupiter moon: Research
Carbon dioxide detected on Jupiter's moon Europa comes from the vast ocean beneath its icy shell, research using James Webb Space Telescope data indicated...
NASA team simulates a glimpse of our galaxy in gravitational waves
Astronomers using simulated data have produced a glimpse of the sky as it would appear in gravitational waves, cosmic ripples in space-time generated by...
Core of the most distant galaxy protocluster observed
The study of how individual stars are born and die in galaxies, how new stars are born from remnants of old stars, and how...