In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

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The methane emission is explained by solar-excited fluorescence. Sunlight interacts with methane molecules, causing them to ...

The lead author, Sylvia Protopapa, a chief scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), explained that methane dominates Makemake's frozen surface and is now also found in the gas phase above ...

For years, astronomers believed that Makemake, one of the brightest icy bodies beyond Neptune, was a frozen relic of the ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

Planning a family holiday in South Africa doesn’t always have to mean returning to the same well-known destinations.

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"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

Makemake is about 890 miles wide, roughly two-thirds the size of Pluto. Early observations indicated it had almost no atmosphere—essentially just a little air, if any. However, Webb's powerful ...

Globally, last month also ranked as the third-warmest August on record. The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...