(Natural News) When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins returned to Earth after their manned mission to the moon, the triumphant astronauts were put into a 21-day period of isolation. Per NASA safety protocols, this was to make sure that the Earth’s first visitors to the moon wouldn’t spread any potentially hazardous lunar microbes. […]

(Natural News) Those looking for signs of life outside our planet should take a look first at what’s living deep beneath the ocean’s surface, according to astrobiologists. In a talk presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference, post-doctoral investigator Amy Smith said the Lo’ihi seamount, located just off the southeastern coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, can […]

(Natural News) While searching for the source of Titan’s methane, a team of researchers from the University of Arizona discovered a long ice feature that extends to almost half of Titan’s circumference. The study is published Nature Astronomy and partially funded by a NASA grant. The search for Titan’s source of methane Titan is the […]

(Natural News) As Earth enters its winter season, the northern pole of Saturn is preparing for summer. The gas giant signaled this by revealing a hexagonal vortex of increasingly hot air at the upper reaches of its skies. An article in Science Daily compared this new feature to an earlier and similar weather formation located […]

(Natural News) Did you know that Saturn “croons” to one of its many moons? And that the moon in question, Enceladus, “sings” back? Now you can listen to their cosmic duet thanks to a recently-released conversion of the plasma oscillations between them, an article in Live Science reported. By September 2017, the Cassini space probe […]

(Natural News) The findings of a new U.K. study suggest that the upper atmosphere of the seventh planet in our Solar System smells the same as rotten eggs, reports a Live Science article. The study specifically suggested that the topmost clouds of Uranus contain a lot of hydrogen sulfide. You may not be familiar with that chemical, but […]

(Natural News) Temperature fluctuates, the weather shifts, and the climate never stays the same. It doesn’t matter where you live; it has always been this way on planet Earth. Through the course of many centuries, humans, animals, plants, and microbes have exhibited extraordinary resilience in the face of change and are all constantly adapting to this […]

(Natural News) The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released new images of the mysterious  hexagonal-shaped cloud pattern circling Saturn’s north pole. The Cassini spacecraft, which has orbited Saturn for 13 years, took the latest batch of photos. The spacecraft is now in what is called its grand finale, perhaps giving a new […]

(Natural News) Does life exist outside of our planet? According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it very well could. Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 62 moons, was recently discovered to have everything needed to support life. There could very well be living things flourishing underneath its icy surface, reports Independent.co.uk. Thanks to new […]