Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers search for signs of life beyond our planet.
Astrobiology
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At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But when we want to understand things more thoroughly and we dig more deeply, we learn that Earth has ...
Astrobiology
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From muscle atrophy to bone loss, astronauts face a number of health risks while in space.
Space Exploration
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A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona has provided the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus's north pole, ...
Astrobiology
Nov 7, 2025
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Sometimes space exploration doesn't go as planned. But even in failure, engineers can learn, adapt, and try again. One of the best ways to do that is to share the learning, and allow others to reproduce the work that might ...
Space Exploration
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Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the "interstellar medium," you can find a wide range of organic molecules—from honeycomblike polycyclic ...
Astrobiology
Nov 3, 2025
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On January 14, 2004, the United States announced a new "Vision for Space Exploration," promising that humans would not only visit space but live there. Two decades later, NASA's Artemis program is preparing to return astronauts ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2025
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Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be tested in the future.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2025
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How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs)? This is what a recent study posted to the ...
Astronomy
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As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might explain why a large portion ...
