Carbon-bearing molecules have been discovered in the atmosphere of the habitable zone exoplanet K2-18 b by an international team of...
Sodium chloride, better known as table salt, isn’t exactly the type of mineral that captures the imagination of scientists. However,...
Although dark matter is a central part of the standard cosmological model, it’s not without its issues. There continue to...
An international study led by Monash University astronomers focusing on an infamous star in Orion may help to shed light...
WASHINGTON — Future lunar explorers could have smart robots ready to help them thanks to OffWorld, a company that plans...
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far,...
Depictions of the Milky Way show a coiling pattern of spiral “arms” filled with stars extending outward from the center....
The young star TW Hydrae is playing “shadow puppets” with scientists observing it with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In 2017,...
Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and Uranus green—but a new study has revealed that the two...
NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700....
Imagine you want to carry a large, heavy box up a flight of stairs. You might spread your fingers out...
Potential signs of the rainbow-like “glory effect” have been detected on a planet outside our solar system. Glory are colorful...