When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also…
The habitable zone is the region around a star where planets can maintain liquid water on their surface. It's axiomatic…
New research shows that carbon was more abundant in the early Universe than previously thought, a find that could have…
Life doesn't appear from nothing. Its origins are wrapped up in the same long, arduous process that creates the elements,…
Trees are like sentinels that preserve a record of shifting climates. Their growth rings hold that history and dendrochronology studies…
Peptides are one of the smallest biomolecules and are one of life's critical building blocks. New research shows that they…
Carbon is critical to life, as far as we know. So anytime we detect a strong carbon signature somewhere like…
In their nuclear hearts, stars fuse elements heavier than hydrogen, creating the ingredients necessary to make planets, oceans, and people.…
Astronomers have found a white dwarf that was once two white dwarfs. The pair of stars merged into one about…
Iron is one of the most abundant elements in the Universe, along with lighter elements like hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon.…