Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu contained many of life’s building blocks, including all five nucleobases used in DNA and RNA, 14 of …
TWA 7 b: James Webb Space Telescope Finds Its First New Exoplanet The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 and on active duty since 2022, has gotten its legs viewing already known exoplanets but can now take credit for its first direct image of a previously unknown one. Exoplanets have been detected since 1992 when …
No Secretary Kennedy, The MMR Vaccine Does Not Contain 'Aborted Fetus Debris' Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The US is facing its worst measles outbreaks in years …
Curiosity Found New Carbon Molecules On Mars. What Does It Mean For Alien Life? Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth …
Step into the world of cosmic mysteries—where gravity warps time, space twists in impossible ways, and reality teeters on the edge of imagination. Black Holes and Wormholes & Time Travel, these aren’t scenes from a sci-fi blockbuster—they're concepts grounded in physics, albeit ones that still challenge our understanding of the universe. Today, we explore the …
