Scientists think that these dark, narrow slopes on Mars could have been created by flowing water. One new study suggests that, if briny water exists on Mars, it could contain enough oxygen to support life. (Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
Just below the surface of Mars, scientists suspect that there might be briny waters that, according to a new study, could hold enough molecular oxygen to support certain types of life.
As light breaks down carbon dioxide on Mars, a little bit of oxyge ...read more
This artist’s illustration shows what plumes shooting out of Europa’s surface might look like. However, in one new study, scientists found a lack of hotspots on Europa that might signal the existence of plumes. (NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI)
Io, Enceladus, Earth — our solar system holds a number of locations where plumes of gas erupt. And for years, scientists have suspected that such plumes also exist on Jupiter’s moon Europa. However, according to one new study done us ...read more
Tropical cyclones are drifting northward thanks to climate change. (Credit: ESA/NASA-A.GERST)
Typhoons are becoming more destructive at northern latitudes, according to the first long-term study to document how the storms in East Asia are drifting toward the poles. As climate change expands the tropics and warms sea surface temperatures, those conditions are triggering cyclones to form further north, scientists say. That means devastating typhoons will increasingly threaten cities and towns on ...read more
The universe in its infancy wasn’t the bright place we know today. Credit: NASA/ESA
The Big Bang, as many cosmologists like to point out, was not very banging. Nothing exploded. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a busy and exciting event. The rush of inflation was a powerful outpouring of energy, which certainly included light. And yet, the energy contained in that early universe was such that light couldn’t even escape. For light to be seen, by telescopes or eyes of ...read more
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