Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains exceptionally high levels of methanol, suggesting it formed under conditions very different from those that shaped most comets in our solar system. ALMA also ...

You may have heard the phrase "we are made of star-stuff." This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact that elements heavier than hydrogen and helium were forged in the centers of ...

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

Scientists may have found the strongest sign yet of dark matter after a detector deep underground recorded an event that ...

Scientists have discovered that there is ice deep inside planets like Neptune and Uranus and want to find out what form it takes and how it behaves. They cannot dig for it and transport it all the way ...

Instead of observing the light coming to us, we study the debris of exploding stars right here on Earth. As cosmic furnaces, ...

Sometime in Earth's distant past, nearly 4 billion years ago, our planet's earliest lifeforms somehow coalesced from primordial chemistry. Not much remains of the earliest organisms that inhabited ...

Parents of toddlers know too well what sugary treats can do. Kids can buzz with energy initially, only to crash or have mood swings later. Now a new study provides more evidence that excess sugar in ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to identify dark matter, the mysterious material believed to account for ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scientists may have uncovered a clue behind a common problem for astronauts: Constipation. In this image from video provided by NASA, Artemis II astronauts, from left, Reid Wiseman, ...

A space mystery, sparked by telescope readings, has led astronomers to identify an all-new type of star — black hole stars. Last week, researchers published a study in the journal Nature in which they ...