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buradaki/Shutterstock Venus is often called Earth’s evil twin due to its size, mass, material composition, and density. It even feels like Venus should’ve become a second Earth. However, it ended up being one of the strangest planets in our solar system. Its surface is hot enough to melt lead, its skies rain sulfuric …

Mitochondria may be best known for fueling cells, but new research reveals they also play a surprising role in the spread of cancer. Credit: Stock Rockefeller researchers have discovered that the antioxidant glutathione, acting within mitochondria, plays a crucial role in allowing breast tumors to spread to the lung. Mitochondria are best known as the cell’s powerhouse, but growing evidence …

As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very rusty crawler-transporter, the next mission on the list is gradually coming into focus. This will be the first crewed mission — a flyby of the Moon following in the footsteps of 1968’s Apollo 8 mission. As part of this effort, NASA is looking for volunteers …

One of the strongest indicators of this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint afterglow from the Big Bang. It was released when the Universe was just 3,80,000 years old, before which matter and energy were too tightly coupled for light to travel freely. Today it appears across the entire sky at a temperature of 2.7 degrees above absolute …

To resolve nearby Earth-like exoplanets, a new telescope design that is rectangular rather than circular may be necessary, according to a new study that explores what the next great space telescope might look like. “We show that it is possible to find nearby, Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars with a telescope that is about the same size as the James …

We’re in a new moon phase tonight, meaning the moon is around half lit up. The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique phases of the moon’s visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits Earth.  So, let’s …

Astronomers have zoomed in on small loops of plasma within a powerful solar flare for the first time, potentially revealing the fundamental building blocks of the sun‘s violent storms.  The images, captured with the new Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, reveal arcs of hot gas just 10 to 30 miles wide that follow the sun’s magnetic fields. Earlier …

buradaki/Shutterstock Scientists have just made a fascinating discovery on Mars: a new mineral called ferric hydroxysulfate. The name is a mouthful, but the implications it brings are exciting. This particular mineral hints at a watery, chemically active past on the Red Planet. And this time, it wasn’t the rover that made the …

Momentum for space development is growing on a global scale. The rocket company SpaceX, led by CEO Elon Musk, has been carrying out numerous missions since putting its partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket into service. The company now boasts the highest launch frequency in the world, and this has helped boost the number of rocket launches worldwide to 254 last …