The distant black hole is located in the UHZ-1 galaxy NASA/CXC/SAO; ESA/CSA/STScI Astronomers have found the…
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Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phosphorus-making bacteria
Tobacco seedlings growing in simulated lunar soil Yitong Xia Growing plants on the moon could be…
Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phosphorus-making bacteria
The moon lacks the nutrients that plants need to grow, but adding three types of bacteria…
Astronomers have found the most distant black hole ever confirmed
The most distant supermassive black hole confirmed is more than 31 billion light years away, and…
Why we need to bring stellar astrophysics into the real world
Explaining the structure and evolution of stars may seem as esoteric as can be, but there…
Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible
The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been…
How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters
From the Great Red Spot to the extreme jet stream, Jupiter’s weather is intense, but that’s…
When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lunar occultation
Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November…
When to see Venus disappear behind the moon this Thursday
Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November…
Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two touching rocks
When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, it found an unexpected satellite – but…