RNA May Be Common throughout the Cosmos, New Study Suggests

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...
Morning Overview on MSN

ESA’s XMM-Newton snapped the first X-ray of comet 3I/ATLAS

The first X-ray portrait of comet 3I/ATLAS has turned a rare interstellar visitor into a powerful new probe of the space between the stars. By catching the comet in high-energy light, ESA’s XMM-Newton ...

Iron minerals' hidden chemistry explains how soils trap carbon

While scientists have long known that iron oxide minerals help lock away enormous amounts of carbon—sequestering it from the ...
SETI Institute

Baby Moons in the Making? The Discovery of a Moon-Forming Disk

An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth. Spectroscopic data from NASA’s JWST suggest the disk contains the raw materials for ...

Biodegradable wet wipes remain in rivers for more than five weeks

Scientists have tested, for the first time, how biodegradable wet wipes break down when flushed rather than composted, ...
The Scientist

Endometrial Organoids Open a Window into the Womb

Linda Griffith engineers human uterine endometrium in lab dishes, offering in vitro tools to study some uterine diseases and ...