Phosphine Detected in Brown Dwarf Deepens Phosphorus Puzzle
Discovery at a glanceAn international team led by astrophysicist Adam Burgasser (University of California, San Diego) ha...
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Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626 Feeds at 6 Billion Tons - s
Rogue world caught in a stellar-style growth spurtA small, free-floating planetary-mass object known as Cha 1107-7626 ha...
Ozone Spike Inside Mars’s Winter Polar Vortex Revealed
Rare observations of Mars’s winter polar vortexA view of the north pole of Mars, created by taking images as seen by the...
NASA Images Reveal Collapse of Giant Iceberg A-23A
A giant iceberg breaks apartIceberg A-23A, once one of the largest and longest-lived tabular icebergs to emerge from Ant...
Asteroid Ryugu Reveals Billion-Year Liquid Water Legacy
Liquid water on Ryugu: a surprising, long-lived recordA multinational team of researchers, including scientists from the...
Complex Organic Chemistry Detected in Enceladus Ocean
Main findings and significanceA renewed analysis of NASA Cassini data has uncovered a diverse suite of complex organic m...
Periodic Signal in GRB 230307A: Newborn Magnetar Birth
Discovery: a heartbeat hidden in a gamma-ray burstAn international team of astronomers has identified a fleeting, period...
Invisible Venus Co-orbitals Could Threaten Earth Soon
Why Earth may be blind to dangerous asteroids near VenusAstronomers warn that a significant population of asteroids orbi...
Early Universe Was 'Pre‑Heated' Before Reionization
New analysis suggests early cosmos retained heat before first starsA team at the International Centre for Radio Astronom...
Moonquake Hazards: Risks to Future Lunar Bases & Habitats
Moonquakes reshape the lunar landscape and pose infrastructure risksA new analysis of geological evidence from the Apoll...
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Sun’s Polar Regions: Key to Magnetic Cycle and Wind
Why the Sun’s Poles MatterThe polar regions of the Sun remain among the least observed yet most influential areas in sol...
The Shrinking Asteroid Belt: Slow Loss and Earth Risks
Asteroid belt basics and Jupiter's roleThe asteroid belt — a vast, scattered ring of rocky bodies orbiting between Mars ...
Ancient North Sea Crater Confirmed as Asteroid Impact
A new multidisciplinary study has resolved a long-standing debate about the Silverpit structure in the southern North Se...
Earth Was Born Dry: Theia's Collision Made It Blue
Early Earth was chemically set — but dryNew research from the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern...
New FROSTI Optics Could Transform Gravitational Astronomy
Breakthrough adaptive optics for gravitational-wave detectorsThe University of California, Riverside has demonstrated a ...
Billion-Year Magnetic Mystery: How Earth Kept Its Shield
Ancient geodynamo: the problem and the new solutionThe Earth’s magnetic field is a vital shield that protects the atmosp...
First-Ever Space Rescue: NASA's Swift Telescope Saved
A timed intervention to save a veteran observatoryIt is rare for an unprepared government satellite to receive a last-mi...
Supermassive Black Holes Inside Giant Gas Envelopes?
New explanation for mysterious early-Universe red dotsSome of the faint red sources discovered by JWST at cosmic dawn ma...
Clearest Black Hole Ringing Confirms Einstein and Hawking
New gravitational-wave detection sharpens our view of black holesNew, high-fidelity measurements of a black hole merger ...
Early-Universe Giant Black Hole Accreting 2.4x Eddington
A rapidly growing black hole in the first billion yearsA team of astronomers has identified a supermassive black hole in...