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Butterfly basin: Astronomers find the biggest known reservoir of planet-forming ingredients around a young star!
In the vast expanse of the cosmos, countless elements and compounds converge in cosmic clouds, offe…
How to bake a meteorite — scientists are heating up space rocks to recreate the birth of planets
According to her, when the building blocks of a planet are coming together, the material is he…
Earth's magnetic field first formed thanks to a magma ocean, research shows. That means more planets in the universe could have atmospheres than we thought.
Today, a swirling layer of liquid metal powers Earth's magnetic field. Billions of years ago, a mag…
Aylin Woodward
A dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter has a salty ocean beneath its surface, making it a contender for alien life
"Ceres is the latest evidence that our solar system is filled with ancient habitable environments,"…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
This one feature on Mars could be a major obstacle for plans to colonize the planet
"This means that we'll have to take extreme precaution to remove perchlorate from Mars water and di…
Ali Sundermier
An ancient collision might explain a longstanding mystery about how Earth collected the ingredients for life
The scientists had been studying how carbon would behave if it had been present during Earth's earl…
Ali Sundermier
Bill Nye says bubbling air into Earth's oceans might save the planet from ourselves
Seitz proposed pumping tiny "microbubbles" into the ocean, which would increase the thickness of br…
Julia Calderone
A French perfume brand makes $20 million, diamond-encrusted bottles and flies clients around the world in a private jet to collect ingredients for one-of-a-kind scents
"Our clientèle is mostly composed of wealthy art and jewel collectors as well as fragrance enthusia…
Katie Warren
Around the world, more people are eating one type of food - and it's bad news for the planet
Those arrows point to "forages" and alfalfa - crops raised almost exclusively for feeding farm anim…
Erin Brodwin
Why NASA's latest discovery of Earth 2.0 is so important in the search for life on other planets
Stars come in many different sizes and temperatures. There are giant stars, which can be tens of th…
Jessica Orwig,Andy Kiersz
Jupiter's moon Europa generates enough oxygen to keep a million people alive for a day, NASA says
NASA's Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's moon Europa generates less oxygen than thought, which n…
Ellyn Lapointe
James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon
Mysterious brown dwarfs are neither planets nor stars, but this one somehow has northern lights, me…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
NASA's James Webb telescope spotted the most distant galaxy in the universe that looks like ours
The latest discovery could upheave our models of the universe and how dark matter influenced galaxy…
Marianne Guenot
From Weed To Wellness: Cannabis is no longer a bad word thanks to startups like Trost that promise to bring solace to users
During the pandemic, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issued a notification that sa…
A giant eruption covered 'over half the sun,' then crashed into Earth nearly 12 hours earlier than forecast
The sun is getting more active while space-weather forecasters are at a disadvantage. This time we …
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Marianne Guenot
4 ways to live longer without spending much money, according to SuperAgers from the world's Blue Zones
Longevity hacks don't have to be expensive — boost your lifespan on the cheap with tips from worldw…
Gabby Landsverk
Biohacking tech exec Bryan Johnson is selling $37 'longevity' olive oil. Experts say store-bought stuff is just as good.
The Braintree founder who spends $2million a year on anti-aging treatments says the oil is "design…
Kim Schewitz
The James Webb Space Telescope is astronomy's shiny new toy, but the Hubble Space Telescope isn't old news — it's at its scientific peak
Because Webb looks at the universe in infrared, it will miss celestial objects in the visible and u…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
Plant-based exfoliators and natural scrubs that are better for the environment than microbeads
Plastic microbeads were once popular skincare additives, until several countries banned them in ord…