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Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISE
Nov 27, 2024 (SPX)
The final data release from NEOWISE was released to the astronomy community just two weeks later, on Nov. 14, encompassing over 26 million images and nearly 200...
Discovery Alert: a 'Hot Neptune' in a Tight Orbit
Nov 27, 2024 (SPX)
An international team of scientists used the NASA space telescope, TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), to discover the exoplanet (a planet outside...
Discovery of a young exoplanet illuminates planet formation
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
Typically, the transit method involves observing dips in starlight as a planet crosses in front of its host star. However, this method faces challenges in young...
Young transiting planet reshapes theories of planetary formation
Nov 21, 2024 (SPX)
This discovery provides a rare and vital insight into the earliest phases of planet formation, establishing a new reference point for the age of transiting plan...
New approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth, exo-planets
Nov 20, 2024 (SPX)
The researchers reported in the journal JGR Atmospheres that using a statistical method called correlated-k can improve existing photochemical models used to un...
SwRI scientists repurpose chemistry modeling software to study life-supporting conditions on icy moons
Nov 19, 2024 (SPX)
Typically employed to forecast chemical behavior under various conditions, the chemistry modeling software at SwRI has been pivotal in defining corrosive enviro...
Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique
Nov 15, 2024 (SPX)
A recent breakthrough in separation techniques now allows scientists to focus more precisely on living microorganisms. An international team, led by Dirk Wagner...
Scientists build spectral library to identify water on exoplanets
Nov 15, 2024 (SPX)
"When the Earth's mantle melts, it produces basalts," explained Esteban Gazel, professor of engineering. Basalt, a prevalent volcanic rock in our solar system, ...
On the origin of life and the formation of cell membranes
Nov 14, 2024 (SPX)
Recent research led by Professor Neal Devaraj from the University of California San Diego's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers a possible answer. P...
A new model estimates odds of intelligent life across universes
Nov 13, 2024 (SPX)
The recent model diverges by concentrating on how the expansion of the Universe and star formation rates affect the emergence of life. The expansion is influenc...
Optimal Learning Rates Revealed in New Study on Adaptation
Nov 04, 2024 (SPX)
Day by day, we adjust to our constantly shifting surroundings. This process is not only common to humans but also critical for organisms across the biological s...
Ariel spacecraft prepares for rigorous tests at Airbus facility
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
The structural model visible in the image represents Ariel's mechanical framework and mass configuration, closely resembling the final flight model. This assemb...
Astronomers Identify New Organic Molecule in Interstellar Space
Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)
A recent discovery, involving the detection of a complex molecule known as 1-cyanopyrene, offers new insight into how carbon-rich compounds form and persist in ...
Microbes thrive on iron in oxygen-free environments
Oct 27, 2024 (SPX)
Microbiologists PhD Satoshi Kawaichi and Professor Dr. Amelia-Elena Rotaru from the University of Southern Denmark have made important discoveries about how the...
SwRI and JPL study reveals liquid brine flows on airless worlds
Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)
A new study, published in *The Planetary Science Journal*, led by Dr. Michael J. Poston of SwRI, explores how the heat and pressure from an impact can melt subs...
It's twins mystery of famed brown dwarf solved
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf," said Jerry W. Xuan, a Caltech graduate student who led the study under the guidance of Dimitri Mawet,...
Astronomers Use New Technique to Search for Alien Signals Between Planets
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
"This research shows that we are getting closer to technology and methods that could detect radio signals similar to the ones we send into space," said Nick Tus...
Using AI to find the smallest and closest exoplanets around sun-like stars
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
Among the newly found planets, four are the smallest and closest to their host stars discovered to date, with sizes comparable to that of Mars. The findings wer...
Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
Another essential part of a cell is the membrane that encloses it. Proteins embedded on the surface of the membrane control the movement of substances in and ou...
Worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The team found the booming community 2,515 metres (8,250 feet) below the surface just off the coast of central America. An underwater oasis has been created und...
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