Understanding exoplanet evolution could help solve the mystery of the 'hot Neptune desert.' As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests ...

Without oxygen: How primordial microbes breathed Scientists discover how the oldest enzyme of cellular respiration works -- potential applications in removing CO2 from exhaust gases Date: March 17 ...

Scientists have coaxed one of the universe’s most stubborn elements into a new compound. Formed under intense pressures, the newly discovered compound packs helium atoms into crystalline iron ...

Under pressure Illustration of how helium atoms (pink spheres) are incorporated within a face-centred cubic iron lattice (blue spheres). (Courtesy: University of Tokyo) Helium deep with the Earth ...

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy just constructed a detailed, three-dimensional map of the cosmic dust in our galaxy. The map makes use of 130 million spectra from the ...

Netflix is preparing to close the book on Heron's story with Season 3 of Blood of Zeus this spring. However, there are still a few titanic foes left to face before the series comes to an end, and ...

Primordial black holes might be an explanation for dark matter — the invisible substance that accounts for most of the matter in the universe — but so far, searches for them have turned up empty.

As Eubanks told Universe Today via email: "Well, I personally doubt it's primordial. I suspect it is a piece of an asteroid, probably knocked out of an orbit at ~4.18 AU (its aphelion).

University of Arizona astronomers have learned more about a surprisingly mature galaxy that existed when the universe was just less than 300 million years old—just 2% of its current age.

James Webb Space Telescope reveals unexpected complex chemistry in primordial galaxy Date: March 10, 2025 Source: University of Arizona Summary: Astronomers have peered back to a time when the ...

This important study reports single-nucleus multiomics-based profiling of transcriptome and chromatin accessibility of mouse XX and XY primordial germ cells (PGCs). The main conclusions of this study, ...