|
|
|
Spacecraft study shows interstellar comet encounter mission within reach
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 Southwest Research Institute has outlined a mission design capable of intercepting and studying interstellar comets, demonstrating that such encounters are achievable with current technology. The internal study validated the concept against the trajectory of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet detected to date. The first known interstellar comet, 1I/'Oumuamua, was discovered in 2017, followed by 2I/Borisov in 2019. The arrival of 3I/ATLAS this year reinforced predictions that future facilities, ... read more |
 |
UMD-led study discovers warm space dust in distant placeCollege Park, MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust were warmed by the light of newborn stars before being flung out into space by a massive starburst-driven wind. Over the course of 100 million ye ... more 
Warped planet forming discs challenge long held models of planetary birthLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 Scientists studying the origins of planetary systems have found that protoplanetary discs are often warped, overturning the traditional view of smooth, flat discs. The findings, published in the Ast ... more 
Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2025 A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for lif ... more 
Circle versus rectangle: Finding 'Earth 2.0' may be easier using a new telescope shapeTroy NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as l ... more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Model brings clarity to water rich exoplanets called steam worldsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert-essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most com ... more
Mapping star spots with NASA missions offers new insight into exoplanetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Scientists have developed a new technique to chart the star spots of distant suns using data from NASA's TESS and Kepler missions. The method, called StarryStarryProcess, builds on long-standing mod ... more 
TRAPPIST-1 d ruled out as Earth twin by Webb studyParis, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Astronomers have determined that TRAPPIST-1 d, a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth and located in a potentially temperate zone, lacks an Earth-like atmosphere based on new NASA/ESA/CSA James ... more 
Planets without water could still produce certain liquidsBoston MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life on other worlds. For decades, scientists' definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumptio ... more 
Hints emerge of giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri AParis, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Astronomers using the NASA ESA CSA James Webb Space Telescope have gathered strong evidence pointing to a giant planet circling Alpha Centauri A, one of the Sun-like stars in the closest stellar sys ... more |
|
Some young suns align with their planet-forming disks, others are born tilted
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Researchers at UC Santa Barbara, The University of Texas at Austin, Yale University and National Taiwan Normal University have found that a fair number of sun-like stars emerge with their rotational axis tilted with respect to their protoplanetary disks, the clouds of gas and dust from which solar systems are born. "All young stars have these discs, but we've known little about their orientations with respect to the spin axis of the host stars," said UCSB associate physics professor Brendan Bowler ... read more 
Super alcohol discovery reveals potential building block of cosmic lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Researchers have successfully synthesized methanetetrol for the first time, unveiling a highly unstable molecule that could serve as a foundational component in the search for extraterrestrial life. ... more |
|
|
|
Giant rogue planets could host scaled-down planetary systems London, UK (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 New findings from the University of St Andrews suggest that giant free-floating planets, unbound to any star, could form their own miniature planetary systems. Using data from the James Webb S ... more 
Sun dogs, other celestial effects could appear in alien skiesIthaca NY (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sun dogs on either side of the sun in a w ... more 
Chemistry that shaped the cosmos revealed in helium hydride reaction studyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 Immediately following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a searing cauldron of energy and particles. Within seconds, temperatures dropped enough for the first elements - most ... more 
One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibilityMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Proteins, the molecular machines of life, are constructed from 20 amino acids in seemingly infinite combinations-up to 10^78 possible sequences for a 60-residue protein. Yet only a tiny subset fold ... more 
Building blocks of life found in distant star system suggest origins in interstellar spaceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has detected 17 complex organic molecules in the protop ... more |
|
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
