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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…
1 week, 3 days 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…
1 week, 4 days 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…
1 week, 5 days 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…
1 week, 6 days 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 …
2 weeks ago
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…
2 weeks, 1 day 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…
2 weeks, 1 day 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…
2 weeks, 2 days 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…
2 weeks, 3 days 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…
2 weeks, 4 days ago