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It’s a Trap: Extraterrestrial Ozone May be Hidden at Exoplanets’ Equators
ESO/M. KORNMESSER Fortunately for life on Earth, our planet has an ozone layer. This high-altitude gas performs an invaluable service to biology, acting as a kind of global “sunscreen” that blocks the...
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Our Universe Is a Cosmic Mixologist Looking for the Recipe of Life
Creating the conditions of interstellar space in the lab has led to a sweet discovery The Egg Nebula, as imaged by Hubble, is a protoplanetary nebula with a young star in its core [NASA/ESA] What do...
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Oldest Earth Rock Found In Lunar Exile
When our young planet was taking a beating by massive impacts, bits were ejected into space—and some ended up on the moon. An artist’s impression of what our planet probably looked like over 4 billion...
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What Might We Name the First Mars Microbes?
I, for one, welcome our new Mars desert-dwelling overlords. Just some random (terrestrial) microbes doing microbial things [MSU] It’s a question I’ve been pondering for some time: if we discover...
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Toxic “Habitable” Worlds Could Be Havens for Alien Microbes
Don’t forget your spacesuit: Complex lifeforms, such as humans, would not survive on many of the worlds we thought would be interstellar tropical getaways [Pixabay] Worlds like Earth may be even rarer...
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There’s Something Massive Buried Under the Moon’s Far Side
And it’s likely the massive metallic corpse of an ancient asteroid This false-color graphic shows the topography of the far side of the Moon. The warmer colors indicate high topography and the bluer...
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When a Climate Emergency Turns Into a Human Catastrophe
There’s nothing subtle about this deadly consequence of global warming. [Pexels] While the recent record-breaking temperatures in Europe have grabbed the headlines, it’s worth remembering that such...
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Tonight’s “Black Moon” Isn’t Actually a Thing
The media strikes again. Ahhh the glorious Black Moon. Seriously, it’s there. [via NASA-SVS] Who doesn’t love the moon? You just have to look up when the skies are clear and there it is, our lunar...
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I, For One, Welcome Our New Tardigrade Overlords
“One small step for (a) water bear, one giant leap for water-dwelling eight-legged segmented micro-animals.” —Teddy Tardigrade Tardigrades are everywhere. And now they’re on the Moon [Public Domain]...
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Nuking a Hurricane Is a Stupid Idea
Why have a hurricane when you could have a radioactive hurricane! Hurricane Florence as seen from the International Space Station in September 2018 [NASA (edit by Ian O’Neill)] Now, I don’t like to...
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