Latest articles by Keith Cooper
It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.
Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.
Jupiter may be a bit more petite than expected, and that could have a big impact on how scientists model the mysterious interior of the giant planet.
The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not.
"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."
This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially sparking an impressive meteor shower.
"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far."
The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres.
SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world.
"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"
The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.
New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for the hopes of finding alien life within its ocean.
The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form.
The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead of DNA.
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025.
The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.
Anomalous amounts of volatile elements found in the Apollo samples brought back from the moon have been traced back to our own planet's leaky atmosphere.
The nova eruptions come about when a white dwarf steals too much matter from a close red giant companion.
A space telescope and AI teamed up to analyze a million galaxies and learn what triggers supermassive black holes the most.
The findings provide an answer to a planetary mystery that has bewildered scientists for nearly four decades.
The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.
The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.
