Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by…
DISCOVERY
Astronomers Find Cosmic Golden Needle Buried for Two Decades
Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled…
Discovery of Long Sought Tiny Explosions on the Sun
The Sun is the brightest object in the sky and has been studied for hundreds…
K-State Study Reveals Asymmetry in Spin Directions of Galaxies
An analysis of more than 200,000 spiral galaxies has revealed unexpected links between spin directions…
Water Loss in Northern Peatlands Threatens to Intensify Fires, Global Warming
A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers at Canada’s McMaster University, has uncovered…
What’s Mars Made Of?
Earth-based experiments on iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars reveal details about…
Where Did the Antimatter Go? Neutrinos Shed Promising New Light
We live in a world of matter – because matter overtook antimatter, though they were…
New Geochemical Tool Reveals Origin of Earth’s Nitrogen
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and…
Solar System Acquired Current Configuration Not Long After Its Formation
The hypothesis that the Solar System was born from a gigantic cloud of gas and…
Supermassive Black Holes Shortly After the Big Bang: How to Seed Them
They are billions of times larger than our Sun: how is it possible that, as…
