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September 18, 2025
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Alien civilizations may be far rarer than hoped study suggests



Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
New research presented at the EPSC - DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki indicates that the nearest technological civilization in the Milky Way could be about 33,000 light years from Earth, and that such a society would need to have survived at least 280,000 years - potentially millions - to coexist with us in time. Dr Manuel Scherf and Professor Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Academy of Sciences argue that the odds of finding advanced life are severely constrained by planetary conditions. Specifical ... read more

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Mapping the Universe faster without sacrificing precision
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Scientists face a daunting task when trying to describe the cosmic web, the immense 3D structure of galaxies, clusters, superclusters, filaments, and voids that spans the Universe. Models like the E ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Mysterious 'red dots' in early universe may be 'black hole star' atmospheres
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe - and may represent an entirely new class of ce ... more
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Planet transits across starspots reveal tilted orbit in TOI-3884 system
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Astronomers have mapped the architecture of the exoplanetary system TOI-3884 by capturing rare planet transits that crossed over dark starspots. Using MuSCAT3 and MuSCAT4 instruments on Las Cumbres ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Reconsidering the cosmological constant
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Dark energy - the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate - is one of the universe's greatest mysteries. The widely accepted theory at the present mome ... more
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NASA Webb probes atmosphere scenarios for TRAPPIST-1 e
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are focusing on TRAPPIST-1 e, one of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby red dwarf star. Early results suggest the planet likely lost its o ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Gravitational wave provides strongest test yet of Hawking and Kerr black hole theories
London, UK (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Scientists have confirmed two landmark theories about black holes using the most precise gravitational wave detection ever recorded. The LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration reported the event, GW2501 ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to re ... more
EXO WORLDS
What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system - and how other distant solar system ... more

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Black hole merger provides strongest evidence yet for Hawking area law
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration reported its clearest gravitational wave signal yet from a black hole merger, offering the most precise confir ... more
TIME AND SPACE
How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Quantum computers are designed to tackle challenges that would take even the fastest supercomputers thousands or millions of years to resolve. But this raises a central paradox: how can researchers ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Simulations reveal origins of globular clusters and uncover hybrid star systems
London, UK (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Scientists have long debated the origins of globular clusters, the universe's ancient and densely packed stellar systems. Now, researchers at the University of Surrey, using advanced simulations, ha ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Interstellar objects may hold key to accelerating giant planet growth around young stars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS, when captured in the planet-forming discs of young stars, may serve as the building blocks of giant planets, offering a solution to a long-standing problem in ... more
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Gaia delivers first 3D fly through map of star forming regions in the Milky Way
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Scientists have produced the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of stellar nurseries within our galaxy, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The new model reveals how massi ... more
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Rare Einstein cross with central image uncovers dark matter halo
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Astronomers have identified an extraordinary Einstein Cross containing a fifth image, pointing to the presence of a massive halo of dark matter. The finding, led by an international team including R ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Black hole merger delivers strongest confirmation yet of Einstein and Hawking predictions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
A decade after scientists first detected gravitational waves, researchers have now recorded the clearest evidence yet of how black holes behave, confirming foundational predictions from Albert Einst ... more
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Black hole explosion may soon reveal origins of matter in the universe
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report a more than 90% probability that astronomers could witness an exploding black hole within the next decade. If observed, the event would p ... more
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Enhanced CHARA Array to Gain Full Spectrum Observing Power with NSF Grant
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
A $1.39 million award from the National Science Foundation will significantly upgrade Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array, enabling observations across the entire visible and near-infrared spectrum. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Spacecraft study shows interstellar comet encounter mission within reach
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Southwest Research Institute has outlined a mission design capable of intercepting and studying interstellar comets, demonstrating that such encounters are achievable with current technology. The in ... more
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New particle detector passes the 'standard candle' test
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early universe. The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at Brookhaven Nati ... more
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New study maps ripples and hidden structures in southern Milky Way
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way's cold gas clouds, revealing large-scale ripples in the Galaxy's midplane and identifying a new structure at the far end of th ... more
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UMD-led study discovers warm space dust in distant place
College Park, MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust were warmed by the light of newborn stars before being flung out into space by a massive starburst-driven wind. Over the course of 100 million ye ... more
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Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Two physicists from the University of Namur, Professor Michael Lobet and PhD student Adrien Debacq, are exploring the phenomenon of superradiance in near-zero refractive index materials, work that c ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Researchers led by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have developed a fabrication technique that allows a wider range of superconducting materials to be used in quantum hardware. The advance coul ... more
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MWA enters Phase III: A new era for WA's window on the Universe
Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Western Australia's Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has entered its next chapter, with the completion of an upgrade set to expand our view of the Universe and solidify WA's role as a global hub for ... more
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Geometry of electrons uncovered inside quantum materials
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2025
A team of researchers from the University of Geneva, together with colleagues from the University of Salerno and Italy's CNR-SPIN Institute, has directly observed a hidden geometry within quantum ma ... more
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Warped planet forming discs challenge long held models of planetary birth
London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Scientists studying the origins of planetary systems have found that protoplanetary discs are often warped, overturning the traditional view of smooth, flat discs. The findings, published in the Ast ... more
TIME AND SPACE
A Sharper Image of the Early Universe
Medford MA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
What was the universe like in the first few hundreds of millions of years after it came into existence? How did the first stars and galaxies form? Those are questions that astronomers now have a bet ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
International collaboration doubles detection of cosmic collisions
London, UK (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration detects 128 black hole collisions, doubling the known gravitational-wave events and advancing our understanding of the Universe. An international team of researc ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Gloabl team expands gravitational wave catalogue with 128 new detections
London, UK (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
An international network of gravitational wave observatories has more than doubled the number of known cosmic collisions, detecting 128 new mergers of black holes and neutron stars. The results, pub ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Real-time tracking of atomic nucleus magnetism achieved in quantum experiment
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have, for the first time, directly observed the magnetic nucleus of a single atom switching in real time. Using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), t ... more
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