Venus Has Almost 50 Times as Many Volcanoes as Previously Thought

Venus Has Almost 50 Times as Many Volcanoes as Previously Thought

TEHRAN (ANA)- The hellscape of Venus is riddled with even more volcanoes than scientists thought, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis reported.
Venus Analogues Used to Gain Insights into Earth’s Future

Venus Analogues Used to Gain Insights into Earth’s Future

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from the University of California – Riverside have compiled a list of Venus analogues to gain valuable insights into Earth’s future.
Planets without Stars Might Have Moons Suitable for Life

Planets without Stars Might Have Moons Suitable for Life

TEHRAN (ANA)- Life might arise in the darkest of places and the moon of a planet wandering the galaxy without a star, scientists at the European Southern Observatory in Garching have found.
Astrophysicist Reveals Planet That Could End Life on Earth

Astrophysicist Reveals Planet That Could End Life on Earth

TEHRAN (ANA)- A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a University of California, Riverside (UCR), experiment.
Baby Star Near Black Hole in Middle of Our Milky Way

Baby Star Near Black Hole in Middle of Our Milky Way

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international team of researchers under the leadership of Dr Florian Peißker at the University of Cologne's Institute of Astrophysics has discovered a very young star in its formation phase near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) at the centre of our Milky Way.
Study Sheds New Light on Earth's Innermost Core

Study Sheds New Light on Earth's Innermost Core

TEHRAN (ANA)- The innermost core of the Earth is likely a ball of iron with a radius of approximately 650 km, a research by the Australian National University has found.
Deep Earthquakes Could Reveal Secrets of Earth's Mantle

Deep Earthquakes Could Reveal Secrets of Earth's Mantle

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study from a University of Chicago scientist suggests there may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock ringing the Earth, at the very bottom of the upper mantle.
Scientists Discover Vast Diversity of Organic Compounds in Martian Meteorite

Scientists Discover Vast Diversity of Organic Compounds in Martian Meteorite

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international team of researchers, led by Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin from the Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich and including Andrew Steele from Carnegie, has discovered a vast diversity of organic compounds in the Martian meteorite Tissint.
Massive Fuel-Hungry Black Holes Feed Off Intergalactic Gas

Massive Fuel-Hungry Black Holes Feed Off Intergalactic Gas

TEHRAN (ANA)- Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by travelling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.
Scientists Find Evidence of Lunar Tide Effects in Earth's Plasmasphere

Scientists Find Evidence of Lunar Tide Effects in Earth's Plasmasphere

TEHRAN (ANA)- A team of scientists from Shandong University, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other institutes, for the first time discovered evidence of a lunar tide-induced signal in the Earth's plasmasphere, the inner region of the magnetosphere, which is filled with cold plasma.
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