New analysis finds signs of life on Mars actually came from Earth
A pair of stubborn molecules, prized because they can survive deep time, just passed an important Mars test…
AI Cracks the Secrets of How the Universe’s Heaviest Elements Are Forged
Artist’s impression of a neutron star merger. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc. A machine learning-powered simulation is…
After 50 Years, Astronomers Finally Found What the Milky Way’s Black Hole Was Hiding
Astronomers have uncovered long-sought evidence that the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole is producing a wind, revealing…
Scientists use Einstein’s equations to reveal what came before the Big Bang
Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far…
Massive underground structure discovered beneath the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin
The Moon’s biggest scar may be hiding something even stranger than the impact that made it. Deep beneath…
Evidence for protostellar jets as a population of hadronic gamma-ray sources
Shu, F. H., Adams, F. C. & Lizano, S. Star formation in molecular clouds: observation and theory. Annu.…
Sunday’s summer solstice is the sun’s time to shine in the Northern Hemisphere
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern…
Scientists Say a New Universe Could Form Inside a Dying Star
An expanding mini-universe could counterbalance the collapsing matter of a star, thereby creating a stable gravastar. Credit: Daniel…
Compact dusty starbursts at cosmic noon linked to high-energy neutrinos
IceCube Collaboration Evidence for high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos at the IceCube detector. Science 342, 1242856 (2013). Article Google Scholar …
Astronomers Confirm Dark Energy After Shock Challenge Rocked Cosmology
Astronomers have reaffirmed one of modern science’s most important discoveries: the universe is still expanding at an accelerating…
The timing of the last r-process event near Earth from interstellar 60Fe, 244Pu and 247Cm deposition on Earth
Cowan, J. J. et al. Origin of the heaviest elements: the rapid neutron-capture process. Rev. Mod. Phys. 93,…
Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations
WASHINGTON — As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year,…