In the cold, dark waters of the Gulf of California, a strange squid was discovered watching over its nesting young. At depths far below the reach of sunlight, a remotely piloted vehicle spotted a species of cephalopod that few humans – if any at all – would have seen. Clutched tightly in her arms was … Read more
If you look at this Mars vista brings back childhood memories of the song: “One of these things is not like the others”, NASA scientists are there with you. Perseverance, a six-wheeled laboratory the size of a car, traveled to the Red Planet’s Neretva Vallis last week. Although this region may look like an arid … Read more
Strange holes in the surface of our neighboring planet could one day provide areas where astronauts can take shelter. A mysterious pit on Mars captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has reignited interest in the potential of these features to support future human missions to the Red Planet. The pit, which is only a … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Diagram of discovered orbits of exoplanets. The orbits of exoplanets close to their parent stars tend to become circular over time, but three of the newly discovered exoplanets, except the lower left one, have retained elliptical orbits despite being in … Read more
Astronomers have detected a peculiar radio signal originating from deep space that eludes current scientific knowledge. The signal, designated ASKAP J1935+2148, repeats every 53.8 minutes, making it the longest period ever recorded for such a phenomenon. Published in the magazine Nature AstronomyThe discovery, made using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope, has … Read more
Enlarge / Artist’s rendering of how the angle of the polarized light from a fast radio burst changes as it travels through space. CHIME/Dunlap Institute Astronomers have been concerned about the origins of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) since the first one was spotted in 2007. Researchers are now looking for the first time at … Read more
Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet that has managed to maintain its atmosphere despite intense nearby radiation from a giant red star. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that the rare planet, which should have been stripped to rock by radiation from its nearby host star, instead developed a puffy, less dense atmosphere. The planet, … Read more
Sea anemones catch small animals floating along the bottom. This species belongs to the order Actiniaria. Credit: SMARTEX/NHM/NOC Transparent sea cucumbers, pink sea pigs and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the Pacific Ocean’s Abyssal Plains. A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico … Read more
This is an artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. An international team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk around a young, very low-mass star known as ISO-ChaI 147. The results reveal the richest hydrocarbon chemistry yet observed in a protoplanetary disk. … Read more
Enlarge / A slowly rotating neutron star is still our best guess as to the source of the mysterious signals. About a year ago, astronomers announced that they had observed an object that should not exist. Like a pulsar, it sent out regularly timed bursts of radio emissions. But unlike a pulsar, there were more … Read more