NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Opal Gems on Mars in Search for Signs of Water

NASA's Curiosity Rover Discovers Opal Gems on Mars in Search for Signs of Water

The Curiosity rover is currently exploring the Gale crater at the equator of the Sun-blasted planet (where the conditions are extremely harsh) and had previously beamed data back from its spectrometer. The NASA scientists compared those images with the new ones and found a ring-like structure of a light-colored sediment, which later turned out to be opal.

NASA Scientists Discover Earth-Sized Planet in Habitable Zone

NASA Scientists Discover Earth-Sized Planet in Habitable Zone

Scientists from NASA have made a groundbreaking discovery using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) – an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone, where liquid water could potentially exist on its surface. The planet, called TOI 700 e, is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky.

Enceladus: The Icy Moon with the Potential for Alien Life

Enceladus The Icy Moon with the Potential for Alien Life

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery on Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus. An analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that the underground ocean of the moon contains phosphorus, an essential building block of life used to construct DNA and RNA. The concentrations of phosphorus in Enceladus’ ocean may even be thousands of times greater than in Earth’s ocean.

Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Poor Old Heart’ of the Milky Way Galaxy

Scientists Discover Ancient 'Poor Old Heart' of the Milky Way Galaxy

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, uncovering an ancient cluster of 18,000 stars that dates back to the infancy of our galaxy. The team, led by astronomer Hans-Walter Rix of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, used cutting-edge technology and the most accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever compiled, as well as a neural network that analyzed around two million stars, to make the discovery.