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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. The post How to detect signatures of alien life in exoplanet air first appeared on EarthSky....
  • 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. The post Earth’s ice ages shaped by tiny tugs from Mars first appeared on EarthSky....
  • 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