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Molecular Evolution: How the Building Blocks of Life May Form in Space

April 25, 2018

New research offers evidence that humans—and the rest of life on Earth—may have been able to form with the right ...

'Oumuamua Likely Came from a Binary Star System

March 20, 2018

In a recent study, researchers set about testing how efficient binary star systems are at ejecting objects

How Spaceflight Changes Gene Expression

March 15, 2018

Identical twin astronauts are subjects of NASA’s Twins Study. One spent a year in space while the other stayed on Earth...

JHU Performs First Laboratory Simulation of Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry

March 8, 2018

The simulations are necessary to establish models of the atmospheres of far-distant worlds, models that can be used to look f...

First Look at Jupiter's Poles Shows Strange Geometric Arrays of Storms

March 8, 2018

The biggest planet in the solar system has no tilt as it moves, so its poles have never been visible from Earth

Hubble Observes Exoplanet Atmosphere in More Detail than Ever Before

March 2, 2018

Investigating exoplanet atmospheres can provide new insight into how and where planets form around a star

On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile

February 26, 2018

Evidence from two lunar missions shows the Moon's water is not confined to a particular region and is not easily accessible...

Solving the Dark Energy Mystery: A New Assignment for a 45-Year-Old Telescope

February 14, 2018

Berkeley Lab scientists prepare for the installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona

Researchers Build Alien Ocean to Test NASA Outer Space Submarine

February 8, 2018

Working in a -300 F ocean of methane and ethane has its challenges

New Universe Simulation Prompts Breakthrough Discoveries in Astrophysics

February 1, 2018

An international team of astrophysicists has released IllustrisTNG, the most advanced universe model of its kind

Microbes May Help Astronauts Transform Human Waste into Food

January 26, 2018

A research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of micr...

New Technique for Finding Life on Mars

January 22, 2018

Researchers use multiple, miniature instruments to directly detect and analyze life in the Canadian high Arctic, one of ...

No Planets Needed: NASA Study Shows Disk Patterns Can Self-Generate

January 15, 2018

A recent NASA study suggests that there may be another explanation for patterns in disks of dust and gas around young st...

First Direct Proof of Ozone Hole Recovery Due to Chemicals Ban

January 5, 2018

NASA scientists have shown through direct satellite observations of the ozone hole that levels of ozone-destroying chlorine a...

Genes in Space-3 Successfully Identifies Unknown Microbes in Space

January 2, 2018

First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station

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