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Astrobiology Apr 13, 2026

Between eternal night and day, the faces of two cousins of Earth

An international team including the University of Bern (UNIBE) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), members of the National Center of Competence in Research PlanetS, has succeeded in mapping the climate of rocky exoplanets ...

Space Exploration Apr 9, 2026

How NASA's Artemis II mission rediscovered the majesty and mystery of the moon

On April 10, Artemis II—humanity's first mission to the moon in more than half a century—will draw to a close when the Orion capsule carrying four crew members detaches from its service module.

Astrobiology Apr 6, 2026

If life exists in Venus's atmosphere, it could have come from Earth

The theory of panspermia holds that life is spread through the cosmos via asteroids, comets, and other objects. When the building blocks of life emerge on one planet, impacts can eject surface material into space, which then ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 6, 2026

An aerobot with ISRU capabilities could explore Venus' atmosphere for years

In Dante's "Divine Comedy," Hell is described as an "inferno" with nine concentric circles, the entrance of which has a sign that reads "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." For the planets of the solar system, Venus is ...

Astronomy Apr 3, 2026

The Habitable Worlds Observatory will need astrometry to find life

We're getting closer and closer to finding a real Earth-like exoplanet. But finding one is only half the battle. To truly know if we're looking at an Earth analog somewhere else in the galaxy, we have to directly image it ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 1, 2026

Mercury scout mission concept with solar sail propulsion

The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is because as spacecraft get closer to Mercury, the sun's enormous gravity pulls in the spacecraft, ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 30, 2026

Earth formed from material exclusively from the inner solar system, planetary scientists show

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have come from the outer solar ...

Astrobiology Mar 30, 2026

New Henrietta spectrograph to probe alien atmospheres

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have the conditions for life as we know it. While exoplanets can be directly imaged by blocking their ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 26, 2026

How did Venus become a hellscape? 234,000 simulations reveal four possible paths

Venus is increasingly becoming a touch point for our studies of exoplanets, as missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) begin to characterize rocky exoplanets ...

Plants & Animals Mar 20, 2026

From whale falls to 4,000 meters deep: Two new species spotlight deep-sea life

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean animals are even featured ...

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