NASA’s Parker Solar Probe snaps closest-ever images to sun
Image taken by Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument during its record-breaking flyby of the sun on Dec. 25, 2024, shows...
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Meteorite-common amino acid induces formation of nanocavities in clay mineral, hinting at life’s origins
TEM evidence of physical changes in rehydrated Ca-montmorillonite after exposure to GABA. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02417-8...
Astronomers find a giant hiding in the ‘fog’ around a young star
When astronomers first observed it with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), they saw a smooth, planet-free disc, shown here...
Curiosity Mars rover starts unpacking the planet’s boxwork formations
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover viewed this low ridge, which looks a bit like a crumbling curb, on May 16. Scientists...
Finding primordial black holes using the Legacy Survey of Space and Time will be a statistical challenge
Artist's impression of black hole GNz7q. Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin...
Desert lichen offers new evidence for the possibility of life on other planets
Henry Sun collecting lichen from the Mojave Desert. Credit: Henry Sun/DRI The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring...
Astronomy and geophysics still ‘overwhelmingly white’ and failing to attract more women, survey reveals
Numbers of staff and postgraduate students in astronomy, solar system science and geophysics in the 2023, 2016 and 2010 surveys....
In search of signs of life on Mars with China’s sample return mission Tianwen-3
Schematic of the Chinese Mars Sample Return mission, where the lander will drill 2 meters deep to collect the samples...
Radio observations hint at active galactic nucleus in nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4527
NGC 4527: color scale shows 700 MHz (Band-4) emission from the naturally weighted image. White contours represent the 1,230 MHz...
A bigger and better helicopter to Mars – Astronomy Now
Ingenuity, the little helicopter that could, has undeniably proven that a helicopter can operate on another planet. Over the course...
