Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

The acid clouds surrounding Venus might not be hostile to some of life’s key molecules JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin…

Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning

Jets of plasma may slow down the spins of black holes NASA/JPL-Caltech Most black holes may…

The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang

The sun and other stars might look and act differently if they held black holes Nixx…

Caves seen on the surface of a comet for the first time

The caves on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko CNES/ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/Philippe Lamy, David Romeuf, Guillaume Faury, Olivier Groussin We have spotted…

Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous iceberg

Infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Titan NASA/JPL-Caltech/Stéphane Le Mouélic, Virginia Pasek The seas of Saturn’s…

New fiery doughnut image is our most detailed glimpse of a black hole

The image on the right is our latest, and best, look at a black hole EHT…

Mysterious patch on Mars appears to be enormous lump of ice

A massive deposit near the equator of Mars may be made up of water ice Paopano…

Mysterious object may be the lightest black hole we’ve ever seen

An artist’s impression of a pulsar orbiting a black hole – one possible interpretation of the…

Japan’s SLIM lander is about to touch down on the surface of the moon

An artist’s impression of SLIM after landing on the moon JAXA Japan is getting ready for…

Why the Peregrine moon lander was burned up in Earth’s atmosphere

The launch of the Peregrine lunar lander aboard a Vulcan rocket on 8 January APFootage /…