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Enceladus’s Alien Ocean, Ancient Fungi and the Flavor of InfluenzaSaturn’s moon Enceladus shows signs of life-supporting chemistry, fungi may have shaped Earth before plants, and repeat…

From tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar…

For nearly two decades Enceladus, a 500-kilometer-wide moon of Saturn, has been a top target in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. In 2005, shortly after arriving…

September 23, 20252 min readThe Moon Is Rusting—Thanks to ‘Wind’ Blown from EarthLunar minerals can rust when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments showBy Alexandra Witze…

A stream of charged particles that blows from Earth (foreground) to the Moon could account for the rust compounds found in lunar soils. Credit: Tetra Images/AlamyThe…

It’s been a busy stretch for Air’s Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. For the past 20 months and counting, the French duo has been on the…

Environmental campaigners have welcomed a decision to halt construction of a disputed five-star hotel on a Greek beach known for its outstanding natural beauty.Local authorities on…

September 10, 20252 min readYour Name Could Orbit the Moon with NASA’s Artemis IIThe public can submit names to travel along with four astronauts on an…

Visible from Australia, across Asia and western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from…

An almost full moon glides close to Saturn this week, forming a pleasant conjunction in an otherwise unremarkable patch of the sky.The chart shows the view…