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Life’s building blocks found in Orion Nebula
Scientists have found carbon compounds - life's building blocks - in a planet-forming disk, encircling a star in the famous Orion Nebula.
June 29, 2023
Is Europa’s habitability limited by slow evolution?
Researchers at ASU say that Europa may have formed slower than thought, with less interior heat. That could affect the habitability of Europa's ocean.
June 27, 2023
Geminid meteor mystery solved? It was a collision!
Data from the Parker Solar Probe helped scientists discover that the Geminid meteor shower is most likely the result of a violent event on asteroid Phaethon.
June 25, 2023
Listen to space with these new sonification videos
Listen to space with 3 new sonification videos of NASA highlighting the star system R Aquarii, the galaxy cluster Stephan's Quintet and galaxy M104.
June 25, 2023
Mars in ultraviolet: New hues for the red planet
The MAVEN spacecraft acquired 2 new images of Mars in ultraviolet. These new views help us get a different perspective on the planet next door.
June 24, 2023
Single supernova looks like 4. Why?
Astronomers have released a bizarre new image of a supernova. Gravitational lensing from a galaxy in the foreground causes the single supernova to look like 4.
June 22, 2023
Lightning on Jupiter! Juno sees a green bolt
NASA's Juno mission captured lightning on Jupiter. The greenish bolt of light stands out against a dark oval storm in the northern reaches of the planet.
June 22, 2023
Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c not very Venus-like
New findings from NASA's Webb Space Telescope show that rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c is not Venus-like as theorized and only has a very thin atmosphere at best.
June 22, 2023
Images from the 3rd Mercury flyby of BepiColombo!
BepiColombo had its 3rd Mercury flyby on June 19, 2023, and now ESA has released 3 new images of Mercury taken during the encounter. See them here.
June 20, 2023
How did the universe become transparent? New insight here
NASA's Webb Space Telescope has answered the question of 'How did the universe become transparent?' Read more about how bubble galaxies merged.
June 18, 2023
