Space

Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University …

An innovative scientific instrument may be a game-changer in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life. The Compact …

If, as astronomers believe, the death of large stars leaves behind black holes, there should be hundreds of …

An international research team has for the first time combined data from heavy-ion experiments, gravitational-wave measurements, and other …

After a six-year journey, a plucky spacecraft called Hayabusa2 zinged back into Earth’s atmosphere in late 2020 and …

A thorough understanding of galaxy evolution depends in part on an accurate measurement of the abundance of galactic …

Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the “mediocrity principle,” which, in essence, suggests …

A team of astronomers in Japan has discovered for the first time a faint radio emission covering a …

Billions of years ago, a series of Moon volcanoes erupted on the Moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of …

Yes, there is! In fact, on the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits Earth at an altitude of …