by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet’s surface. The research was conducted by former Caltech postdoctoral scholar Abdallah Zaki and...
by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Noticeable change on Mars often takes millions of years—but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy
For the last five years, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has been systematically scanning the night sky. Today marks the completion of its first map, which is the largest high-resolution 3D map of the universe ever made. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy
Astronomers at The University of New Mexico have published new research confirming three bodies orbiting the dynamic exoplanet system TOI-201. They include a super-Earth (TOI-201 d), a warm Jupiter (TOI-201 b), and a brown dwarf (TOI-201 c). Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy
SN 2025mkn is a Type II supernova and it wasn’t supposed to be visible at all. The violent death of a massive star that had exhausted its nuclear fuel and collapsed under its own gravity sits at a redshift of 1.371. That places it roughly 9 billion light years...
