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Paul Scott Anderson
Scientists release best-ever dark matter map
Astronomers with the Dark Energy Survey have created the largest-ever map of dark matter, using artificial intelligence. It covers 100 million galaxies.
June 6, 2021
Are organic salts on Mars a clue to life?
NASA's Curiosity rover has found hints of organic salts on Mars. If confirmed, they could provide important clues about previous habitability and the potential for ancient microbial life.
June 6, 2021
New water clues on Uranus and Neptune
The ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune are unlike any others in our solar system. New research from the U.S. and South Korea suggests that the deep interior water layers of the ice giant planets may be rich in magnesium.
June 2, 2021
How shrinking planets might explain missing planets
There's a puzzling gap in exoplanets, orbiting distant stars. Where are the worlds between 1.5 and 2 times Earth's radius? Shrinking planets may be the answer.
May 27, 2021
Wow! Stunning new images reveal Jupiter’s chaotic atmosphere
New images - visible light, infrared and ultraviolet - from the Gemini North telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope reveal Jupiter's atmosphere and storms in stunning detail.
May 22, 2021
This nocturnal dinosaur had owl-like night senses
New research shows that a small dinosaur called Shuvuuia deserti, which lived in the deserts of what's now Mongolia, had exceptional night vision and hearing, similar to modern day owls and other night predators.
May 20, 2021
New clues to ancient life from billion-year-old lake fossils
We think of earthly life as evolving from the sea. But newly discovered microscopic "ball" fossils - found in ancient lake sediments in Scotland - suggest that evolution from single-celled to multicellular organisms might have occurred in lakes.
May 16, 2021
Astronomers photograph giant exoplanet in unusual large orbit
A giant gas exoplanet in an unusually large orbit has been directly imaged by astronomers via the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES). It is 20 times as far from its star as Jupiter is from our sun.
May 11, 2021
Natural radio signal buzzes in Venus’ atmosphere
New measurements from Parker Solar Probe - the first new direct measurements of Venus' atmosphere in nearly 30 years - showed an unexpected natural radio signal being emitted by Venus' ionosphere. The probe made the discovery while using Venus as a "gravity slingshot" to come closer to the sun.
May 9, 2021
These 5 multi-star systems have habitable zones
Astronomers have identified 5 multi-star systems that have stable habitable zones. This means that any rocky worlds that may exist in those zones could potentially have life.
May 9, 2021
