When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of exoplanets around a star, with its magnetic field shown in green. | Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva)/NASA A planet’s chances of hosting life depend not only on its proximity to its parent star and the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration shows the moon Ariel orbiting the ice giant Uranus. | Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva)/NASA Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that Uranus’ moon Ariel may be hiding in a buried ocean… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Could we ever make Mars like Earth? – Tyla, age 16, Mississippi When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed the class the science fiction movie “Star Trek… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Could we ever make Mars like Earth? – Tyla, age 16, Mississippi When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed the class the science fiction movie “Star Trek… Read More »
It could be argued that the search for habitability elsewhere in the universe can be reduced to the search for water. We have yet to find life forms that separate this matter from our understanding of “life,” so we have no choice but to accept the cosmic water signature as our north star in our… Read More »
It is a small world, only 310 miles in diameter, and until recently was considered one of the least interesting moons in the solar system. But Enceladus, one of 146 moons orbiting Saturn, has become a hot astronomical attraction; Scientists have discovered that it offers one of the best odds of finding life on another… Read More »
New computer simulations have cast doubt on the possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars’ southern ice sheet; This simulation suggests that closely packed layers of ice can produce the same radar reflections as liquid water. In 2018, the European Space Agency Mars Express The orbiter used the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar… Read More »
In October this year, NASA will launch one of the most advanced spacecraft ever assembled. His target? Europa is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter. Europa Clipper missionThe satellite, which aims to reach Europa by 2030, is equipped with a range of instruments that could help scientists understand the moon’s complex geology and composition. researchers… Read More »
Scientists may have identified a molecule that played a key role in dehydrating Venus and transforming that planet into the arid, hellish world we see today. Venus is often called “Earth’s twin” because both planets are approximately the same size and density; At the same time, both are rocky planets located in the inner region… Read More »
Photo of Saturn and its rings against the darkness of space. The search for life beyond Earth has led seekers to explore all kinds of potential habitats; not only on the growing list of Earth-like exoplanets, but also elsewhere in our own solar system. The first option that comes to my mind is probably AnthemIt… Read More »