Metallic Water…With the Help of Alkalis?!
A novel way of creating metallic water, and what it means to be a metal
When we hear the word “metal,” we generally conjure images...
Euclid: First Space Telescope to Unravel the Mystery of Dark Energy
The European Space Agency is ready to launch the first space telescope designed to investigate the nature of dark energy. Scientists have named it...
Bug-sized Mountains That Might Power Ripples in Space-time
Fabian Gittins and Nils Andersson from the University of Southampton in the UK simulated the forces that may cause imperfections in neutron stars. They are trying to find out how these hypothetical mountains would have emerged and how large they would be. The scientists modeled the highest peak a neutron star crust can support, i.e., before the crust fractures.
Scientists reveal Mars’ inner structure
When the Greeks observed the errant lights in the sky—which they named planets—they probably never envisioned that, one day, we could actually reach the...
Robotic space arm from ESA that can see, feel, and think
During spacewalks, the last thing you need is legs: you only need a very skilled arm along with a brain, and eyes. For this...
New Look at the Possible Presence of Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere
New research has posited an abiotic means that Venus might supply its atmosphere with this chemical: In short, volcanic outgassing.
Molecules essential for life found close to the center of the galaxy
The development of the cell membrane was a milestone in the success of life on Earth. A cell membrane is a wall that protects...
Scientists succeed in bringing molecules into a new quantum state of matter
A group of researchers from the University of Chicago, led by Professor Cheng Chin, ultra cooled down a gas of atoms synthesizing, for the...
Part of the dust accumulating in your house comes from outer space
Some of the dust ending up in your vacuum cleaner is extraterrestrial. Astronomers call them micrometeorites, alien rocks as small as pollen grains. But...
The survival of planetary systems
In 1992, Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail rocked the astronomy community discovering the first two planets around a star other than our Sun. Until...