Asteroid Ryugu Samples Reveal Amino Acids That Could Have Made Life Possible Amino acids and the existence of water have been discovered in the sample retrieved from the C-type asteroid Ryugu. The discovery supports the theory that…
Cosmonaut Stares Out Into Space… Spots Two Stowaways Staring Back Has the Fermi Paradox been solved, and sentient life has made contact for the first time? Not quite, but as a resident of the International…
Deep-space Neutrino Factories Neutrinos are highly energetic particles that traverse billions of light years before reaching our planet. Although it is known that these basic particles originate in…
New Gravitational Wave Evidence A multinational team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Gravity Wave Astronomy, has announced the findings of a comprehensive search…
Black Hole Pool in the Galactic Center Researchers have proposed the first feasible explanation for why one of the most massive black hole pairs ever seen by gravitational waves appeared to combine…
A Potential Source for Charon’s Crimson Cap is found by Scientists Scientists used data from NASA’s New Horizons mission, as well as novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modeling, to determine the likely composition and formation of…
New Type of Slow-Spinning Pulsar Defies Expectations and Explanations A pulsar with peculiar behavior has been discovered, and it is expected to be the first of a new type of neutron stars. Because of…
Deep exploration of the dusty Milky Way Galaxy An animated journey into the dusty Milky Way depicts the contours of our galaxy taking shape as we stare out further and further from Earth.…
Astronomers Discover a Possible Hint to the Reinvention of Universe Astronomers have discovered a possible hint to how the universe reionized after the Big Bang. The researchers discovered a million times brighter than our sun…
Observing the Beginning of Galaxy Rotation in the Early Universe The first galaxies appeared after the Big Bang. These galaxies are receding away from us as the universe expands. As a result, their emissions are…