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Fresh ice grains reveal complex organics The latest analysis of Cassini data, published in Nature Astronomy, strengthens the case that Enceladus harbors a chemically rich…

Introduction A new visitor from another star system has drawn the attention of astronomers worldwide. 3I/ATLAS, first spotted by NASA on July 1, 2025, is…

The discovery on Tiangong: a new chapter in space microbiology In May 2023, during routine operations aboard China’s Tiangong space station, researchers identified a bacterium…

An unseen lifeform aboard Tiangong An unknown bacterium, never before observed on Earth, has been discovered inside China’s Tiangong space station. The organism, formally named…

A space-borne microbe: Niallia tiangongensis emerges In May 2023, routine samples from the Tiangong space station revealed a bacterium never before seen on Earth. Scientists…

Overview: the SETI data deluge The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) faces a data scale problem. The universe is vast, and even if we could…

Revolutionizing Space Weather Sensing A NASA-sponsored team at the University of Iowa is reviving and advancing a critical capability in magnetic field measurements that underpin…

Breakthrough Spotlight: A Lab Breakthrough in Star Formation A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and…

Discovery of a New Mars Mineral A team of international planetary scientists, including researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has identified a mineral on…

UMass Amherst Researchers Help Uncover a New Mars Mineral Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of an international team that has identified…
