Molecules containing carbon atoms, called organics, have been found all over Mars and could hypothetically have…
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Long-lasting radiation shields may make super-Earths friendly for life
Life on Earth is made possible by our planet’s magnetosphere – an invisible radiation shield that…
The moon's magnetic field may have been altered by huge sinking rocks
There’s a new explanation for the moon’s former magnetic field, and it involves 60-kilometre-wide slabs of…
Largest 3D map of the universe contains 8 million galaxies
Astrophysicists hope a map created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will help answer questions about…
Astronomers may have found a huge moon around a Jupiter-like exoplanet
A confident detection of a moon orbiting a planet beyond our solar system – called an…
Help discover the origins of meteor showers by spotting shooting stars
Meteor showers leave clues to their origin in their wake and you can help astronomers unravel…
Huge gas bubble that contains the solar system mapped for first time
The solar system lies inside a structure called the Local Bubble some 1000 light years across…
Watch the best ever simulation of stars being born in a cosmic cloud
Astronomers have developed the most detailed simulation to date of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) – cosmic…
Saturn’s small moon Mimas may be hiding an impossible ocean
Mimas doesn’t show any hints of liquid water, and it seems impossible that it could have…
Two black holes merged to form a huge one moving at incredible speeds
Astronomers have long suspected that merging black holes can give the resulting larger black hole a…