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Astrobiology Jun 14, 2023

Venus' sulfuric acid clouds cool enough to host RNA and DNA bases, says study

A team of chemists, biologists and planetary scientists from MIT, Nanoplanet Consulting, Harvard University and the University of Alberta has found via lab experimentation that conditions in Venus' clouds are possibly conducive ...

Astronomy Jun 5, 2023

Five incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our solar system

Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the solar system. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today.

Astrobiology May 17, 2023

Astronomers discover alternative Earth likely covered with volcanoes

Imagine an Earth-sized planet that's not at all Earth-like. Half this world is locked in permanent daytime, the other half in permanent night, and it's carpeted with active volcanoes. Astronomers have discovered that planet.

Other May 6, 2023

Botticelli's Venus is an 'influencer' and Italy is not happy

The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century "virtual influencer."

Earth Sciences May 3, 2023

Two trillion tons of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: Are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.

Astronomy Apr 14, 2023

TESS discovers a Venus-sized exoplanet orbiting nearby star

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a team of astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and elsewhere has detected a new exoplanet. The newfound ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 5, 2023

New research aids fight against treatment-resistant superbugs

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the genes of superbugs to aid the development of new and effective treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. Superbugs are characterized as infection-causing bacteria ...

Space Exploration Apr 4, 2023

50 years after NASA's Apollo mission, moon rocks still have secrets to reveal

How did we get from stardust to where we are today? That's the question NASA scientist Andrew Needham has pondered his entire career.

Astronomy Mar 29, 2023

Scientists share 'comprehensive' map of volcanoes on Venus—all 85,000 of them

Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next active lava flow. Their ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 26, 2023

Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week

Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout.

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