Germicidal UV light is emitted by an optical fiber running through the center of an agar plate. Researchers are testing whether microgravity changes the ability of the light to prevent

Graphical abstract –University of Colorado Boulder Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the “interstellar

This artist’s impression depicts a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. New research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that ageing stars may be destroying the

Appropriateness of stacking two planets with identical chemical abundances (H2O and CO2 as the only active species) across surface gravity (𝑔) and equilibrium temperature (Teq). The reference planet is marked

Photodestruction cross sections of ethanol in pure and mixed ice samples (1 Mb = 10−18 cm2 ). (a) Results are plotted versus the mixing ratio with CO. The black data