In the heart of a stellar explosion, the «missing ingredients» of the Universe

In a remote corner of our galaxy, the ghost of a star that once shone brighter than the Sun whispered a cosmic secret. In the remains of the Cassiopeia A supernova, about 11,000 light-years away from us, the sensitive eyes of a space telescope have detected the presence of two elements that had long eluded observation: […]

Enceladus, the hidden ocean that could harbour life

Beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, Saturn's small moon that has intrigued scientists for years, there could be an ocean capable of sustaining life in a stable manner. This is what emerges from a new study, based on data from the Cassini mission, which reconstructs the satellite's energy balance and reveals a surprising detail: the […]