Every building block of DNA and RNA has been found on an asteroid

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

NASA rover detects some of the oldest evidence of water flowing on Mars

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected ...

Earth’s Geological Record Is Missing 1 Billion Years. Scientists Just Found Out Where They Went.

There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

Experiment challenges hypothesis of cell-like membranes on Titan

New experimental results have cast doubt on earlier proposals suggesting that spherical, cell-like membranes could form in ...

Astronomers witness ‘dramatic’ collision of two planets — and they think it’s a replay of how our moon was created

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...

Origin of lowest density super-puff planet remains a hazy mystery

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...
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Hidden Ancient River System Found Deep Under The Surface of Mars

Ground-penetrating radar reveals a long-lost river system hidden under the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL/UCLA/UiO/ETH Zurich) ...

Asteroids May Have Laid the Groundwork for Life on Earth

Asteroids would’ve supplied the raw materials, heat, and geologic plumbing to circulate prebiotic matter while also creating ...
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This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

Cacti may help explain a centuries‑old mystery of evolution

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...
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A hidden telescope deep underground could soon capture ghosts of stars that died before Earth formed

Scientists are on the verge of detecting neutrinos, particles produced in supernova explosions from stars that perished billions of years ago.The Super-Kamiokande detector, a state-of-the-art ...
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New Type Of Planet Discovered 35 Light-Years From Earth Is A Molten World Like No Other

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...