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New Evidence Challenges How Earth Was Built
Season 3 Episode 370
New research from ETH Zurich suggests that Earth formed almost entirely from inner solar system material. Isotopic evidence shows that less than 2% c…
3 months, 1 week ago
Extreme Exoplanets: Molten Worlds Around Red Dwarfs
Season 3 Episode 369
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a new class of exoplanets—molten worlds with global magma oceans and toxic, sulfur-rich atmospheres.…
3 months, 1 week ago
Space Mystery: The First Comet Ever Seen Spinning Backwards
Season 3 Episode 368
Astronomers analyzing data from the Hubble Space Telescope made a surprising discovery: a comet that literally reversed its spin. Known as Comet 41P/…
3 months, 1 week ago
NASA Psyche Mission & the Metallic Asteroid Mystery
Season 3 Episode 367
Scientists used advanced 3D simulations to explore how massive impacts shaped the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche—believed to be the exposed core of an a…
3 months, 1 week ago
Is Dark Energy Changing? New Study Challenges Cosmology
Season 3 Episode 366
A new study suggests that dark energy may evolve over time, offering a potential explanation for the Hubble tension.
By analyzing multiple cosmic epoc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Astronomers Witness Rapid Black Hole Shutdown in Distant Galaxy
Season 3 Episode 365
Astronomers have observed a distant galaxy dimming to just 5% of its original brightness in only two decades. The cause: a sudden drop in gas feeding…
3 months, 1 week ago
AI Discovers 118 New Exoplanets Using NASA TESS Data
Season 3 Episode 364
A new AI system, RAVEN, is transforming how scientists discover exoplanets. Using four years of NASA TESS data, researchers confirmed 118 planets and…
3 months, 1 week ago
Why Saturn’s Moon Might Not Support Life After All
Season 3 Episode 363
New experiments at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory challenge the idea that life could form cell-like membranes on Titan.
Under simulated conditions, ac…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Cosmic Code: Life's Genetic Units Found in Asteroid Ryugu
Season 3 Episode 362
Scientists have identified all five nucleobases of the genetic code in pristine samples from the asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2.
The findi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Artemis II: Humanity’s Historic Return to Lunar Orbit
Season 3 Episode 361
Artemis II marks humanity’s return to deep space after more than 50 years. Scheduled for April 1st, the mission will send a crew aboard NASA’s Space …
3 months, 2 weeks ago