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CaSSIS camera aboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures dark finger-like slope streaks extending across Mars

Streaked Martian slopes aren’t caused by liquid flow

Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes.

Artist’s impression of a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star

Exoplanet Orbiting the Closest Single Star to our Sun

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our Sun.

Girl teenager college student posing outdoor in white T-shirt with tie in glasses

Uncovering grading bias in German secondary schools

A study of more than 14,000 German ninth graders shows that a child’s report card shows bias.

This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. New research by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the resonant system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits.

Researchers finally decipher density difference of sub-Neptunes

UNIBE and PlanetS have shown the existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes.

joint interment of a dog and a human perinate

In pre-Roman times, humans were buried with dogs, horses, and other creatures

Co-burials are still a mystery, but might indicate animal companionship or religious customs.

Cheops confirmed the existence of four warm exoplanets with sizes between Earth and Neptune

Astronomers identified four new exoplanets playing ‘hide and seek’

The planets are the size of Neptune or slightly smaller with 4.9 and 3.4 Earth radii.

four classes of planetary system architecture

There are, in fact, four types of planetary systems

These four classes are 'similar', 'ordered', 'anti-ordered,' and 'mixed'.

Info graphic which shows what effects the collision of DART could have on the orbit of Didymos B

World’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts

A giant asteroid's impact is considered the likely cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs almost 66 million years ago. While there is no...

Low-mass planets with a primordial atmosphere of hydrogen and helium might have the temperatures and pressures that allow water in the liquid phase. The presence of liquid water is favorable for life, so that these planets potentially harbour exotic habitats for billions of years. © (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - Thibaut Roger - Universität Bern - Universität Zürich

Searching non-Earth like environment for extraterrestrial life

As we know, the emergence of life requires three building blocks: an energy source, access to nutrition, and the presence of liquid water. Apart from...

presence of a planet

Using AI to discover exoplanets

The tools developed could also be used on Earth to detect illegal dumps and waste dumps.

Image showing artist impression of brown dwarf

Revealing the mystery of brown dwarfs

Understanding the mysterious nature of brown dwarfs.

A 'Very Exiciting' unique exoplanet has more water than earth

A ‘Very Exciting’ unique exoplanet has more water than earth

Unique exoplanet photobombs CHEOPS study of a nearby star system.

LHS-3844b

Scientists discovered the signs of tectonic activity on exoplanet

Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet.

Working at the high-security laboratory of the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI). Credit: IVI

Scientists created synthetic novel coronavirus clones

Scientists in virology and veterinary bacteriology at the University of Bern have reconstructed the clones of a novel coronavirus from synthetic DNA. The synthetic...

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