Food aroma study may help explain why meals taste bad in space

Associate Professor Gail Iles from RMIT University smelling an aroma sample, as participants did during the…

New low-mass galaxy discovered

False color g+r cutout from the Megacam image of Corvus A. The blue region of recent…

How astronomers are using pulsars to observe evidence of dark matter

This image shows an artist’s impression of a neutron star, surrounded by its strong magnetic field…

Existence of lunar lava tube cave demonstrated

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The presence of conduits below the lunar surface has been theorized and…

New model reveals what the color of a galaxy tells about its distance

Illustration of the three-dimensional positions of galaxies based on DESI data (i.e., including the distances of…

Could resources on Mars support human explorers?

Mineral map of Mars showing the presence of patches that formed in the presence of water.…

All you need to know

Juice spacecraft in front of Earth, with the Milky Way in the background. Credit: ESA ESA’s…

Surprising ring sheds light on galaxy formation

The distant galaxy PJ0116-24, a Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxy (HyLIRG). Cold gas is seen here in…

Observatory gears up to detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries

Artist’s illustration of brown dwarfs surrounding the Milky Way. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva One could argue…

A walking balloon could one day explore Titan—or Earth’s sea floor

Artist’s conception of the BALLET concept mission architecture, including a “single step” action. Credit: Nayar et…