Members of the VERITAS science team descend a slope to new rock formed from a recent flow of lava during their Iceland field campaign in early August. The team used…
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If astronomers see these chemicals in a planet’s atmosphere, there’s likely an advanced civilization there
Artist rendition of a potential water-world exoplanet that might support advanced civilizations. Such life could advertise its existence via technosignatures from industrial or other activities. Credit: ESA / Hubble /…
NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs
Reports of UAPs — unidentified anomalous phenomena — have long fascinated the public but were historically shunned by mainstream science. NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs—but reflecting…
Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery
The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
Solar Orbiter: Solution to a 65-Year-Old Solar Mystery
The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
Webb Confirms Accuracy of Universe’s Expansion Rate Measured by Hubble, Deepens Mystery of Hubble Constant Tension
The rate at which the universe is expanding, known as the Hubble constant, is one of the fundamental parameters for understanding the evolution and ultimate fate of the cosmos. However,…
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about CO2 and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world
Credit: NASA / CSA / ESA / J. Olmsted (STScI) / Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this…
Possible hints of life found on distant planet. How excited should we be?
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean. Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University) Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown…
One American, two Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, from left, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, crew members of the new mission to the International…
Methane and CO2 Found in Habitable-Zone Exoplanet
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has used data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18…
