Tamara Jones+FollowAsteroid Bennu’s Sweet SurpriseScientists just found sugars like ribose and glucose—aka the building blocks of DNA and RNA—on asteroid Bennu, and even some weird “space gum” that could help spark life. Basically, all the ingredients for life as we know it are chilling on this space rock. This doesn’t mean aliens are out there, but it does mean the universe might be way more ready for life than we thought. Wild, right? #Science #AsteroidBennu #SpaceDiscovery11Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowSupernova’s Shape Just Blew My MindAstronomers just caught a supernova in the act—and it’s not the perfect sphere we all pictured. Thanks to some crazy-fast telescope work, they mapped the explosion’s shape right after it blew, and it’s more olive-shaped than round! This wild discovery is already shaking up what scientists thought they knew about how stars die. Space is always full of surprises, huh? #Science #Supernova #SpaceDiscovery20Share
James Brady+FollowAsteroid Delivers a Life Ingredient?Get this: scientists just found tryptophan (yep, the amino acid in turkey that makes you sleepy) on asteroid Bennu! This is the first time it’s been spotted in space rocks, and it’s got researchers buzzing about how life’s building blocks might have hitched a ride to Earth on asteroids. Basically, Bennu is like a cosmic time capsule, and every new discovery is making the story of life’s origins even wilder. #Science #SpaceDiscovery #AsteroidBennu00Share
Michelle York+FollowAsteroid Bennu’s Secret Ingredient: Tryptophan?!Plot twist: scientists just found tryptophan (yep, the amino acid from turkey dinners) in a chunk of asteroid Bennu! This is the first time this complex building block of life has been spotted in space rocks. It’s making experts rethink how life’s ingredients might have hitched a ride to Earth. Basically, asteroids could’ve been the original grocery delivery for early life. Mind = blown! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #AsteroidBennu30Share
Michelle York+FollowIs There a Super-Earth Next Door?Astronomers just spotted a rocky 'super-Earth' called GJ 251 c chilling only 18 light-years away—practically our cosmic neighbor! This planet orbits in the habitable zone, meaning it could have liquid water (and maybe life?!). The catch: its star is a moody M-dwarf, making it tricky to confirm. Next-gen mega-telescopes might actually snap a pic soon. Imagine if we found a planet we could actually visit one day! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #SuperEarth191Share
Michael Flores+FollowMoon Rock’s Secret: Older Than the Moon?!Scientists just cracked open a moon rock that’s been sealed since the ‘70s, and get this—inside they found sulfur that might be even older than the Moon itself! The wild part? This ancient dust could be leftovers from a planet-sized collision that created the Moon, or it could have formed when the Moon was just a molten ball. Either way, it’s rewriting what we thought we knew about our cosmic neighbor. Mind = blown. #Science #MoonMystery #SpaceDiscovery20Share
Michelle York+FollowJWST Just Spotted the Universe’s OG StarsThe James Webb Space Telescope might have finally found the universe’s very first stars—like, the literal OGs born right after the Big Bang! These ancient “Population III” stars are hiding out in a galaxy called LAP1-B, and their light has been traveling for 13 billion years to reach us. Thanks to some cosmic magnifying glass action (gravitational lensing), JWST got a peek at these super-old, super-massive stars. This could totally change what we know about how galaxies and stars first formed! #Science #JamesWebb #SpaceDiscovery10Share
