Lunar Soil Samples May Hold Evidence of Long-Lost Extraterrestrial Societies
Traditional efforts to detect alien life have centered on intercepting electromagnetic transmissions from distant civilizations. But what if the answe...
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Can Adaptive AI Solve the Chaos of Satellite-Based Earth Observation?
Tracking our planet from space comes with serious challenges—cloud cover, shifting sunlight, and inconsistent orbital routes all disrupt reliable data...
Compact Galaxy Clusters Are Hollowing Out Space in the Primordial Cosmos
JWST's groundbreaking observations continue to reshape our understanding of the early universe, a hard-won achievement after the telescope endured yea...
Massive Supernova Survey of Nearly 3,000 Explosions Rattles Dark Energy Models
A global team anchored by UQ mathematicians and physicists has assembled an unprecedented collection of stellar explosions, putting long-held cosmolog...
Revolutionary Atmospheric Thruster Powers Satellites Using Ambient Sky Molecules
Positioning spacecraft at ultra-low altitudes between 100-450 km offers remarkable benefits for Earth observation, but maintaining that altitude has a...
The Surprising Culprit Behind Mars Gully Formation Is Not Liquid Water
Researchers were stunned by early photos revealing Martian gullies, then baffled as these features visibly shifted. Their striking resemblance to Eart...
Any Lunar Companion For Venus Was Destined To Fail, Research Suggests
Scientists may have cracked the mystery of why Venus orbits alone. Despite sharing similar dimensions and mass with Earth, our neighboring planet lack...
New eROSITA Survey Unveils Unprecedented Map of X-Ray Universe
Built by Germany's Max Planck Institute and mounted on the Spektr-RG spacecraft, eROSITA has just released its second catalog of high-energy cosmic ob...
Why JWST Failing To Detect Exomoons Is Actually A Scientific Win
Despite revolutionizing our view of deep space, the powerful space observatory has yet to confirm a moon orbiting a distant planet — and researchers s...
Future Space Telescope May Detect Liquid Water on Alien Planets
Astronomers have confirmed more than 5,500 worlds beyond our solar system, with several dozen sitting in zones where liquid water might exist — yet pr...
ESA's Mercury Probe Enters Crucial Orbital Phase After Long Voyage
After traveling through space for nearly a decade, the BepiColombo spacecraft detached from its thruster module, positioning itself to enter orbit aro...
Scientists Reveal the Surprising Truth Behind a Stellar Explosion Fake-Out
For years, a faraway star seemed destined to go supernova, keeping researchers on high alert. Now, fresh findings suggest the real story is something ...