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A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

Results from a new study show that the water-rich iron mineral ferrihydrite may be the main pigment behind Mars’ reddish dust ...

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a ...

This isn’t any conspiracy theory or pseudoscience: Using samples collected from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Hausrath ...

We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets. It's not ...

Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets.