Space

An international team, including CU Boulder researchers, discovered key building blocks for life in icy plumes ejected from Saturn's moon Enceladus.

CU Boulder scientists are part of an international team that may have answered a long-running mystery called the "missing baryon problem."

CU Boulder researchers find that violent crashes may be more effective at activating black holes than more peaceful mergers.

A new study provides encouraging news about the habitability of Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our sun and a candidate for finding life outside of Earth.

Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system, not a mysterious ninth planet, may explain the the dynamics of strange bodies called "detached objects," according to a new study.

Researchers have discovered a single species of bacteria living in a volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth.

CU Boulder Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was on the ground in Florida to watch the launch of NASA's latest mission to hunt for worlds outside of Earth's solar system.

Researchers in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Science have completed an unprecedented "dissection" of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.

A NASA-funded satellite will study the inner radiation belt of Earth's magnetosphere, providing insight into the energetic particles that can disrupt satellites and threaten spacewalking astronauts.

A team that includes a CU Boulder astronomer has detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe.