Year: 2024

The daisy world model, a conceptual framework illustrating how life can regulate a planet’s environment, has inspired new methods to detect self-regulating “exo-daisy worlds” (eDWs)…

Scientists have solved the long-standing mystery of Uranus’s cooling thermosphere, attributing the phenomenon to long-term changes in the solar wind—the flow of charged particles and…

Astronomers have identified a unique multi-planet system, K2-360, featuring an ultra-dense “super-Earth” and an outer planetary companion. This discovery, published in Scientific Reports on November…

Astronomers have discovered a unique astronomical system where two galaxies are perfectly aligned to form a compound gravitational lens, marking the first observation of such…

A team of physicists has proposed a groundbreaking experiment aimed at determining whether gravity exhibits quantum properties when measured, potentially providing insights into one of…

Cornell scientists are pioneering a library of spectral signatures based on basalt rock samples to help analyze the composition of rocky exoplanets and detect potential…

A new study led by researchers from the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science explores the idea that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations might eventually reach a…

NASA’s Swift Observatory has been observing a fascinating pair of supermassive black holes locked in a cosmic dance within a single galaxy. These two colossal…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has deepened a major cosmic mystery by revealing that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) with masses of billions of suns…