Cassini confirms complex chemistry within the ocean of Enceladus
Cassini data reanalysis reveals diverse complex organic molecules in Enceladus’s ocean, including aromatics and esters, from a 2008 plume sample at 17.7 km/s
Category: Astronomy & Space
Nobel laureate George Smoot who researched universe origins dies at 80
George Smoot, an American astrophysicist who shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for capturing the first images of the…
Tiny satellite tracks star collisions and advances telescope design
SmallSats, weighing 12–180 kg, hunt faint kilonova flashes from neutron-star mergers using single-element, athermal optics to enable precise, rapid sky imaging
Simulations probe new observatory’s ability to characterize Earth-sized worlds
Scientists are deploying complex computer simulations to rigorously test the future capabilities of NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a next-generation space…
UNAGI lander prepares to survey the surface of Io
A team of student engineers has developed a novel concept for the first controlled landing on Io, Jupiter’s perpetually erupting…
New metric improves estimates of an exoplanet’s habitability
A team of researchers has developed a new, multi-factor metric to more accurately assess the potential habitability of planets outside…
Gaia telescope discovers our galaxy’s great wave
Gaia data reveal a colossal vertical wave of stars spanning 30,000 to 65,000 light-years in the Milky Way disk, reshaping our view of galactic dynamics
Faint radio signals indicate a hot early universe before cosmic dawn
Scientists detect a faint 21-centimeter signal from the cosmic dawn, implying hydrogen gas cooled to about 5 K around 180 million years after the Big Bang
Radio telescopes track the evolution of a star shredded by a black hole
Astronomers have assembled the most detailed timeline to date of the aftermath of a star being torn apart by a…
Simulation finds uneven water distribution in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Simulation finds uneven water distribution in Jupiter’s atmosphere, using NASA’s Juno data and the Microwave Radiometer to map water across latitudes worldwide