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Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Reveal Ammonia Link

The peer-reviewed analysis suggests environmental chemistry shaped which nucleobases formed on early asteroids.

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

Scientists Forecast Elevated Geomagnetic Conditions This Week, No Strong Storms Expected

Perseverance Records First Direct Evidence of Martian Electrical Activity

Russian Lab Forecasts Calm Geomagnetic Field Today, Slight Rise in Solar Flares

Study Recasts Deep-Mantle Anomalies as Remnants of a Core-Contaminated Magma Ocean

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

MIT-Led Team Finds Proto-Earth Signature Preserved in Deep Mantle After Moon-Forming Impact

Mars Dust Devils Clock 160 km/h in New Orbital Study

Four-Day Geomagnetic Storm Ends as Forecasts Turn Quiet

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

Mars’s Winter Polar Vortex Triggers Seasonal Ozone Buildup, Scientists Report

Ionic Liquids Could Extend Habitable Zones to Waterless Worlds, MIT Study Finds

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

Ancient Sahara Meteorites Exhibit Mercury-Like Chemistry with Origins Unresolved

Oxford Study Challenges Asteroid Theory of Earth's Water Origin

Study Reveals Why Carbon-Rich Meteorites Rarely Reach Earth

Trump Administration Proposes Deep Cuts to NASA Science Programs

New Study Finds Titan’s Ocean Could Support Only Tiny Microbial Life

Earth’s First Crust Formed 4.5 Billion Years Ago Without Plate Tectonics, Study Finds