1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (765+ words) ESA published this original story on March 24, 2026. Edits by EarthSky. Ya'l Naz" of the University of Li'ge, Belgium, led the study. The peer-reviewed journal Astronomy and Astrophysics published the study on March 24, 2026. Naz" said: There has been an intense effort…...

1+ day, 37+ min ago  (568+ words) Originally published by the European Southern Observatory on March 24, 2026. Edits by EarthSky. Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disk around a young star named WISPIT 2, some 437 light-years away. Having detected the 1st planet in 2025, the team has now employed…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (10+ words) Moons of rogue planets habitable for billions of years?EarthSky...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (675+ words) By Kliti Grice, Curtin University A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases " the molecular letters of life " have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ingredients that may have helped…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (554+ words) Moon base and Mars! This image is an artist's concept of a proposed NASA moon base, illustrating a future lunar outpost. Image via NASA. Used with permission.NASA released this statement on the morning of March 24, 2026. Edits by EarthSky. If…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (479+ words) The CARMENES spectrograph is ideal for detecting exoplanets around low-mass red dwarf stars. These stars are all cooler, smaller and less massive than our sun. Their masses range from about 1/10 to 1/2 that of the sun. The results will help astronomers…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (576+ words) Astronomers have found many planets orbiting red dwarf stars, including smaller rocky planets like Earth. In fact, scientists estimate that no less than 50 billion low-mass stars have at least one small rocky planet in the habitable zone. The habitable zone…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (719+ words) Jongyun Jung, at the University of Texas at Austin, is the lead author of the new paper. Jung said: Dooly is one of the very famous, iconic dinosaur characters in Korea. Every generation in Korea knows this character. And our…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (708+ words) SpaceX launched its first Starlink satellite into low Earth orbit in 2019. And the pace has been steady ever since. On March 17, 2026, a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carried 25 more Starlink satellites into space. With the addition…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (743+ words) The University of Oxford in the U.K. led the study, based on new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers from the University of Groningen, the University of Leeds and ETH Zurich were also involved. L 98-59 d is about 1.6 times…...