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For decades, scientists have scoured Mars for traces of life—from ancient riverbeds to lake basins and channels that hinted at the planet’s wetter past. Now, new research suggests that something eerily lifelike may be reshaping the planet’s surface—giant blocks of dry ice that seem to “burrow” through dunes almost like living organisms. According to a new study published in Geophysical …

The gravitational interaction between the Earth and Moon has led to one hemisphere of the Moon being locked facing away from Earth. Don’t be misled, though. The Moon does rotate, it just takes as long to rotate once on its axis as it takes to complete an orbit of Earth. This is known as synchronous rotation, and on the far …

Astronomers analyzing observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered further unusual features of our third interstellar visitor, and confirmed the presence of a rare “anti-solar tail”. On July 1, 2025, astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted an object making its way through our Solar System. That’s no surprise, given the …

Deep in outer space, astronomers have discovered another “odd radio circle” — the latest in a short list of mysterious rings that surround distant galaxies — and researchers say this one is particularly peculiar. “Odd radio circles,” or ORCs, are enormous and unexplained phenomena that can only be detected using radio telescopes. So far, just a handful have ever been …

With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have spotted the most powerful “odd radio circle” (ORC) yet. The discovery could give astronomers a better understanding of how these unusual objects — and the galaxies they encircle — form. “ORCs are among the most bizarre and beautiful cosmic structures we’ve ever seen — and they may hold vital clues about how galaxies …

Citizen scientists have found several new “odd radio circles<” or ORCs, in distant, enormous galaxy clusters — and through their discoveries, scientists are learning more about how these huge ring-like structures form. ORCs were first identified only six years ago, in 2019, by Anna Kapinska of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory while perusing observations made by the Australian Square Kilometre …

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A still image from the animation of RAD J131346.9+500320. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India). When astronomers first started finding “odd radio circles,” or ORCs, they were baffled. These faint, ghostly rings of radio light seemed to float in deep space, surrounding galaxies like cosmic smoke rings. Now, scientists have discovered the most powerful and distant one yet, and this one …

Astronomers have spotted something new out in deep space. They’re calling it an “odd radio circle,” or ORC for short, and it’s stranger than anything they expected. Picture a faint, glowing ring of radio waves, larger than almost anything else in the cosmos, quietly sitting around a galaxy billions of light-years away. That’s an ORC, and they just …