How Mars' Toxic Soil Actually Makes Stronger Bricks
Reported by Universe Today
Using local resources will be key to any mission to either the Moon or Mars - in large part because of how expensive it is to bring those resources up from Earth to our newest outposts. But Mars in particular has one local resource that has long been thoug...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:58 +0000
Black hole belches radiation long after eating a star
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A black hole has been spewing out powerful radio waves years after shredding a star, and it's expected to get brighter till 2027.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000
NASA says organics on Mars are hard to explain without life
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NASA's Curiosity rover found complex organics on Mars, possibly remains of fatty acids. A new NASA study suggests they are difficult to explain without life.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:10 +0000
Scientists Make a Game-Changing Find in the Bennu Asteroid
Reported by Universe Today
According to the researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, some of the amino acids found in the asteroid Bennu likely formed in a different way than was previously thought, effectively challenging what we thought we knew about the origins of life....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:48 +0000
Very Few Planets Have the Right Chemistry for Life
Reported by Universe Today
A complex web of interrelated factors make Earth a life-supporting planet, and some of those factors are chemical. New research shows how oxygen abundance regulates the availability of the important chemicals phosphorous and nitrogen on planets, and that f...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:29 +0000
The Moon Hides Mercury, Tours the Planets Through Late February
Reported by Universe Today
The Moon has a busy next two weeks ahead of it. Fresh off of Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, the Moon begins an evening tour of the planets in the last half of February 2026. The waxing Moon actually slides by every planet except Mars over the next week...
- By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
- On: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:24 +0000