You might think we know our own planet better than anything else in the cosmos. Here’s the thing, though: we’ve mapped the far side of the Moon in stunning detail, sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, and even imaged black holes millions of light years away. Yet the center of our own planet ...
The universe as we know it may owe its very existence to something so ghostly that trillions of them pass through your body every second without leaving a trace. They don’t shine, they don’t stick to anything, and for a long time scientists weren’t even sure they had mass. Yet new research suggests these elusive ...
Imagine standing under a storm where the raindrops are not water, but glittering diamonds or sharp shards of glass. It sounds like something out of a sci‑fi movie, but for some worlds in our solar system, this kind of weather may be completely normal. The deeper astronomers look into the atmospheres of giant planets and ...
Deep beneath the frozen expanse of Antarctica lies a world that challenges everything we thought we knew about life on Earth. Scientists have recently uncovered thriving microbial communities in subglacial lakes that have been sealed off from sunlight and the outside world for thousands, if not millions, of years. These discoveries aren’t just reshaping our ...
If you’ve ever gazed up at the Moon on a clear night, you might think of it as a silent, unchanging world—a place frozen in time, untouched by wind, rain, or storms. Shockingly, though, even without an atmosphere, the Moon is far from immune to the relentless forces that break down rocks and carve its ...
The cosmos is full of mysteries that challenge our understanding of reality, but few are as captivating as dark matter. This invisible substance makes up about eighty-five percent of all matter in the universe, yet it remains stubbornly hidden from our direct observation. But what if scientists are looking at this cosmic enigma all wrong? ...
Imagine a robot, parked 140 million miles away on a desolate red planet, carefully drilling into ancient rocks that might hold the secret to one of humanity’s most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? That robot is NASA’s Perseverance rover, and since February 2021, it’s been collecting what could be the most important ...
The Moon, silent and silver above us, has been a symbol of mystery and inspiration for as long as humans have gazed up at the night sky. Yet, even now, in 2025, with all our telescopes, satellites, and robotic explorers, the Moon keeps revealing secrets that boggle the mind. Just when scientists think they’ve got ...
Titan’s Haze: What Saturn’s Moon Tells Us About Prebiotic Chemistry Picture this: you’re standing on an alien world where the air is thick with an orange smog that stretches to the horizon, where lakes don’t contain water but liquid methane, and where the “sand” beneath your feet is made of complex organic molecules. This isn’t ...
Picture yourself standing under a blanket of stars, gazing up at that mysterious red dot we call Mars. You might wonder if somewhere out there, tiny life forms are riding cosmic currents between worlds, perhaps even landing on our own planet. It’s not science fiction—it’s one of the most intriguing questions keeping astrobiologists up at ...
Maria Faith Saligumba
Alana Theron, BSc in Biodiversity and Ecology
