Sulfur molecules from space may have seeded early life on Earth

Alkylsulfonic acids detected in room-temperature residues of the irradiated ices by two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to…

Astronomers explore the properties of a peculiar stellar stream

An example spectrum from MMT-Hectochelle for a member of Theia 456 (Gaia DR3 191357324369704448) in black,…

New model aims to explain the lack of miniature black holes in the early universe

The study finds how large amplitude fluctuations generated on small scales can amplify large-scale fluctuations observed…

Successful engine test boosts Vega-C toward return-to-flight

The Zefiro-40 solid rocket motor on its test stand, built by Vega-C prime contractor Avio at…

First detection of magnetic massive stars outside our galaxy

Most massive star-forming region NGC346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. James (STScI)…

New technique offers more precise maps of the moon’s surface

Cropped LOLA LDEM (a), (c) and SfS solution (b), (d) for the Malapert Massif candidate landing…

What you will and won’t see from June’s planetary parade

A girl looks at the moon through a telescope in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, May 15,…

NASA to measure moonquakes with help from InSight Mars mission

Seen here during assembly in November 2023, Farside Seismic Suite’s inner cube houses the NASA payload’s…

Moon orbiting ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together

Panels a, b, and c each show stereographic image pairs of the asteroid Dinkinesh taken by…

European-Japanese climate research satellite launched from California aboard SpaceX rocket

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance was…