Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...
A recent study suggests oxygen leaking from Earth's atmosphere may be behind the presence of hematite, a type of rust, near the Moon's poles.
The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process more commonly known as rusting. This mineral is found widely on Earth, but ...
Hematite, a form of iron oxide similar to rust, has been found on the Moon, and until now, the source was a confounding mystery. When scientists examined the data returned by India's first lunar ...
Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...
More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to find an intact gaseous atmosphere. Not only is it incredibly cold, being ...
In our first interview with Mayer, he discussed using pressure cycling to study prebiotic chemistry. In the second part of our conversation with Mayer, he reflects on whether it will be possible for ...
Researchers say oxygen drifting out of Earth’s atmosphere may be reaching the Moon and turning iron in its soil into hematite, a reddish mineral also known as rust ...
After the Big Bang, dark matter clumped together, traces of which are said to exist. Because they cannot be detected from Earth, there is a suggestion. A radio telescope on the moon should be able to ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted early signs of an atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away. The discovery raises hopes that this distant world could host ...
Plus: Why are hurricanes so powerful? Are winds on other planets like they are on Earth? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the ...