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Meteorite Hunters: Chasing Rocks from Space
Season 3 Episode 360
Meteorite hunters search remote deserts and polar regions for rocks that act as time capsules of the solar system.
Straddling science and commerce, th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How We’ll Grow Food on Mars Without Earth
Season 3 Episode 359
Scientists are developing a closed-loop system to grow food on Mars using biology instead of Earth-supplied resources.
Cyanobacteria cultivated on Mar…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Hidden Matter Inside Neutron Stars
Season 3 Episode 358
Can we “hear” what neutron stars are made of? A new model shows how tidal forces in binary systems create oscillations detectable through gravitation…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Scientists Identify Top Targets for Life Beyond Earth
Season 3 Episode 357
Scientists have identified 45 rocky exoplanets in the habitable zone—prime candidates in the search for life. Worlds like TRAPPIST-1e and TOI-715 b r…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Secret Delta Under Mars That Changes Everything
Season 1 Episode 356
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a hidden ancient river delta beneath Jezero Crater using ground-penetrating radar.
These buried sediment layer…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
A Star from the Beginning of the Universe Found
Season 3 Episode 355
Astronomers have discovered an ultra-rare star, PicII-503, in the dwarf galaxy Pictor II—a true chemical time capsule from the early universe.
With al…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
DNA Building Blocks Found in Asteroids: Rethinking Life’s Origins
Season 3 Episode 354
Analysis of samples from the asteroid Ryugu has revealed all five essential nucleobases of DNA and RNA—findings also mirrored in Bennu.
This discovery…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
NASA Ignition: The Plan to Build a Permanent Moon Base
Season 3 Episode 353
NASA’s new Ignition initiative signals a major strategic shift toward faster, more scalable space expansion.
By prioritizing a phased lunar architectu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
CHEOPS Discovers a Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
Season 3 Episode 352
Observations from the CHEOPS space telescope have uncovered a puzzling new Exoplanet that defies current models of planetary formation.
Its unusual pr…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Longest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Recorded
Season 3 Episode 351
Astronomers have detected GRB 250702B, an extraordinary Gamma‑ray burst that lasted an unprecedented seven hours and erupted three separate times.
Sci…
3 months, 3 weeks ago