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How Life Emerged on Early Earth: New Study Challenges Nitrogen Limitation Assumptions![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Researchers from RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in Southwestern Germany are shedding new light on how life might have developed on early Earth. Their latest findings challenge long-standing theories that biologically available nitrogen was a limiting factor in early life's expansion. Nitrogen is a crucial component of proteins and other biological molecules. Although Earth's atmosphere is rich in nitrogen, most organisms, including humans and most plants, cannot absorb it directly. Instead, ... read more |
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A research team co-led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid has developed a new optical computing material from photon ava ... more
Star Mergers' Magnetic Outflows Spawn Universe's Highest-Energy ParticlesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) are the most energetic particles known in the universe, with energies exceeding those attainable by human-made accelerators by more than a million times. Despit ... more
New Constraints on Dark Matter Properties from Latest ObservationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A research team from Tokyo Metropolitan University has made significant progress in the ongoing search for dark matter. Utilizing advanced spectrographic technology and the Magellan Clay Telescope, ... more
MSU forges strategic partnership to solve the mystery of how planets are formedEast Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 Astronomers have long grappled with the question, How do planets form? A new collaboration among Michigan State University, Arizona State University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will s ... more |
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Mission accomplished for Integral, ESA's gamma-ray telescope Paris (ESA) Feb 27, 2025 The European Space Agency's gamma-ray telescope ends its observations next 28th February. During its 22 years in space, Integral has reshaped our view of the most dramatic events in the Universe. Th ... more |
The Galactic Voyage of Our Solar SystemBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has determined that our Solar System journeyed through the Orion star-forming complex, a key structure within the Radcliffe Wav ... more
Today's forecast Partially cloudy skies on an ultra-hot NeptuneLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 New insights into the extreme atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot Neptune, have emerged from observations conducted using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Led by Louis-Philippe Coulombe ... more
UAH team determine local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurementsHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have pioneered the use of gravitational acceleration ... more
What Hundreds of Millions of Galaxies Can Teach Us About the Big BangPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Soon, a new cone-shaped spacecraft will launch into space on a mission to chart the skies like never before. Called SPHEREx (for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reioniza ... more |
First 3D Atmospheric Mapping of an Exoplanet Reveals Extreme Weather PatternsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 For the first time, astronomers have mapped the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere, uncovering extreme weather conditions driven by powerful jet streams. By utilizing the full ... more ![]() |
NASA Investigates Spaceborne Antibiotic Resistance with ISS ExperimentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 NASA is advancing research on astronaut health with a new experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) aimed at accelerating the detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This initiativ ... more
This exoplanet's extreme climate challenges atmospheric modelsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 An international team of astronomers has conducted an unprecedentedly precise observation of the exoplanet WASP-121b by utilizing the combined power of the four telescopes in the Very Large Telescop ... more
Trying to solve a key black hole mystery: Simulating magnetic flows around black holesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Black holes are not just cosmic voids; they are dynamic engines capable of generating and redistributing immense amounts of energy. Encircled by swirling disks of gas and dust-known as accretion dis ... more
U-M astronomy will lead its first satellite mission with NASA grantAnn Arbor, MI (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The first space mission led by the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is scheduled to launch in 2029 with the support of a NASA grant worth $10 million. The mission is called STARI ... more |
Ultra-low-noise Infrared Detectors Advance Exoplanet ImagingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 One of the foremost objectives in astrophysics is the identification of Earth-like exoplanets that could potentially support life. Although thousands of exoplanets have been detected, most of these ... more
Brown astronomers develop innovative method to filter interference in radio telescopesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Astronomers analyzing data from the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia, encountered an unexpected anomaly. Instead of deep-space radio signals from over 13 billion yea ... more
Einstein Probe captures elusive X-ray pairParis, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The Einstein Probe satellite, utilizing its innovative lobster-eye X-ray optics, has detected a rare cosmic phenomenon-an intense X-ray burst from an unusual binary star system. This discovery highl ... more
Redwire Secures ESA Contract to Develop Next Dark Matter Mission ConceptLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leading provider of space infrastructure solutions, has been awarded a study contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an initial spacecraft design fo ... more |
Researchers confirm existence of habitable zone exoplanetLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 An international team of astronomers has validated the discovery of a super-Earth positioned within the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. Initially detected two years ago by Oxford Universit ... more
University of Barcelona team theorizes singularity-free black holes through gravitational effectsMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Traditional models of black holes, as predicted by Einstein's General Relativity, feature singularities-regions where physical laws cease to function. Understanding how these singularities might be ... more
How Early Earth's Environmental Cycles Shaped Molecular EvolutionParis, France (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A recent study has uncovered how environmental fluctuations on early Earth influenced the formation of complex chemical mixtures, offering insights into the prebiotic chemistry that may have led to ... more
Study suggests intelligent life may be inevitableLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A new study challenges the long-held belief that intelligent life is a rare cosmic accident, proposing instead that humanity's emergence was a predictable outcome of Earth's evolving environment. Th ... more |
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Efforts to find ET gains momentum with new technique that detects microbial movementBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 The search for life beyond Earth is among the most ambitious scientific quests. One promising method is to locate motile microorganisms, capable of self-propelled movement, which serves as a strong ... more |
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester ProtocellsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A leading hypothesis about the origins of life suggests that simple chemical compounds gradually evolved into complex structures, ultimately giving rise to protocells-primitive precursors to living ... more
Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility TestBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 The search for extraterrestrial life remains one of humanity's most ambitious scientific pursuits. A promising approach to identifying life is through detecting motile microorganisms, which demonstr ... more
MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in new ultrathin materialBoston MA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 MIT physicists report the unexpected discovery of electrons forming crystalline structures in a material only billionths of a meter thick. The work adds to a gold mine of discoveries originating fro ... more
Illuminating the Inner Workings of the ProtonSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 A team of scientists has successfully mapped the intricate forces at play inside a proton, revealing with unprecedented precision how quarks-its fundamental components-react when exposed to high-ene ... more |
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