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January 26, 2026
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Icy cycles may have driven early protocell evolution



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Modern cells rely on intricate molecular machinery and genetic programs to grow and divide, but the earliest protocells were likely simple lipid-bound compartments whose behavior depended mainly on their physical and chemical properties. A new experimental study suggests that subtle differences in membrane composition could have helped these primitive compartments grow, fuse, and hold on to genetic material in icy environments, potentially guiding early evolution before genes played a dominant role. ... read more

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Metal rich winds detected in giant dusty cloud around distant star
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been detected in a massive cloud of gas and dust that dimmed the light of a distant star for nearly nine months, offering a rare view of late stage planetary ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Sulfur ring molecule in galactic cloud links space chemistry to life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, working with colleagues at the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, have identified the largest sulfur-bearing molecule yet seen in ... more
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ALMA survey maps turbulent youth of distant planetary systems
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Astronomers have assembled the most detailed view so far of planetary systems in a long elusive stage between their birth and maturity, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEM
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 20, 2026
Electronic order in quantum materials often arises through intricate, non-uniform patterns that shift across space. A well-known example is the charge density wave (CDW), an ordered electronic state ... more
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Heavy impurities reveal new link in quantum matter theory
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A new theoretical framework from physicists at Heidelberg University connects two long standing views of how a single exotic particle behaves inside a quantum many body system of fermions. The work ... more
TIME AND SPACE
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
College Station, TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantu ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
What is the state of a quantum system? Answering this question is essential for exploiting quantum properties in emerging devices and for developing new quantum technologies across computing, sensin ... more
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Cosmic dust chemistry forges peptide building blocks in deep space
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
New experiments show that key molecular building blocks for life can form spontaneously on icy dust grains in deep space long before planets emerge from collapsing gas clouds. In a laboratory ... more

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Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from ... more
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GRACE gravity data reveal deep Earth signal links
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Variations in Earths gravity field on annual to decadal timescales are usually attributed to changes in land water storage and ocean mass. However, seasonal observations reveal notable discrepancies ... more
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Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation
Rochester NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from ... more
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Iron bar of hot plasma revealed inside Ring Nebula
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Astronomers using a powerful new multi-object spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope have uncovered a previously unknown bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron inside the famous Ring Nebula. The s ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Laser timing tech sharpens black hole radio views
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Radio telescopes capture faint radio signals from space and convert them into images of distant celestial objects, but resolving black holes sharply requires many instruments to observe in perfect s ... more
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Frozen hydrogen cyanide crystals may have helped spark early chemistry for life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026
Hydrogen cyanide is highly poisonous to humans, yet new work suggests it could have played a constructive role in the emergence of life on early Earth and in other cold environments in the solar sys ... more
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Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
The lightest element in the universe is helping nuclear physicists probe the inner structure of matter with new precision. At the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Fa ... more
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Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzle
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more
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China Sky Eye tracks binary-triggered fast radio burst activity
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work cen ... more
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Keck backed team advances first graviton detector concept
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Modern physics faces a deep inconsistency between quantum theory, which explains nature using discrete particles and interactions, and general relativity, which describes gravity as a smooth curvatu ... more
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Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2026
Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading to advancements in computing, sensing and materials science. A stud ... more
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Early universe dark matter born red hot before cooling
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Universite Paris-Saclay report that dark matter in the early universe may have started out moving at nearly the speed of light, challenging ... more
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JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2026
Since the James Webb Space Telescope began science operations in December 2021 some 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, astronomers have been puzzled by compact, intensely red sources scattered throu ... more
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Berkeley Scientists set to home in on 100 signals from Seti at Home
Berkeley, United States (SPX) Jan 12, 2026
For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy. The project - calle ... more
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Scientist wins 'Environment Nobel' for shedding light on hidden fungal networks
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 14, 2026
Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down 13 billion tons of carbon annually. ... more
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This crystal sings back: Illinois collaboration sheds light on magnetochiral instability
Urbana IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported the first observation of a dynamic magnetochiral instability in a solid-state materi ... more
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Mixed crystal phase of superionic water mapped inside giant planets
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius and pressures of millions of atmospheres drive water into a superionic state in which hydrogen ions move freely through a solid lattice of oxygen ato ... more
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Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
NASA mission controllers have acquired full signal from the agency's Pandora small satellite, confirming the health and initial operations of the exoplanet observatory following launch from Vandenbe ... more
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Bright supernova offers new view of black hole birth
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
What astronomers know about the birth of a black hole has long mirrored the objects themselves, tending to be dark, difficult to observe, and seemingly quiet despite their immense gravitational infl ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Barred spiral galaxy spotted 11.5 billion years in the past
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a contender for one of ... more
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Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2026
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Surrey Japan team to probe short lived atomic nuclei in cosmic element quest
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Plans to obtain the first precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei are set to advance understanding of nuclear structure and the way chemical elements form during ... more
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Quantum interferometer boosts sensitivity to tiny laser beam shifts
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen have demonstrated a quantum interferometric method that can register extremely small tilts and displacements of a laser beam. The approach is ba ... more
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