How to detect signatures of alien life in exoplanet air
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Astronomers can detect the molecules of distant exoplanets when they pass in front of their stars. These molecules might help reveal signatures of alien life.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:31 +0000
Earth’s ice ages shaped by tiny tugs from Mars
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Computer simulations show the presence of Mars affects the cycles that cause Earth's ice ages. Without Mars, those cycles vanish.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:30 +0000
Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime
Reported by NASA
An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than the landscape is adapted for....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00 +0000
Fires on the Rise in the Far North
Reported by NASA
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes....
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00 +0000
The Surprising Heat of Early Clusters
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers using ALMA have detected the earliest hot galaxy cluster atmosphere ever observed, revealing a massive reservoir of superheated gas in the infant cluster SPT2349-56 just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. The gas is far hotter and more press...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:13 +0000
How Black Holes Slowly Starve Galaxies
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA have discovered one of the oldest ‘dead’ galaxies in the universe, revealing that supermassive black holes can kill galaxies through slow starvation rather than violent destruction. The galaxy, ...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:03 +0000