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  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Hungarian scientists have uncovered distinctive bacterial communities in thermal waters, offering key insights into the processes behind stromatolite development, some of Earth's most ancient rock formations. Their findings not only provide a deeper understanding of the planet's geological past but also shed light on modern extreme environments where similar processes still occur. A research team from Eotvos Lorand University, the University of Sopron, and the HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy ... read more |
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Gravity from Entropy A Radical New Framework for Quantum GravityLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 A groundbreaking study published in Physical Review D by Professor Ginestra Bianconi of Queen Mary University of London introduces a revolutionary approach to understanding gravity through quantum r ... more 
James Webb Telescope reveals planet-forming disks can last longer than previously thoughtTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 If there were such a thing as a photo album of the universe, it might include snapshots of pancake-like disks of gas and dust, swirling around newly formed stars across the Milky Way. Known as plane ... more 
Beyond our solar system scientists uncover potential new exoplanetSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Researchers from UNSW Sydney have identified a possible new exoplanet-an extrasolar planet-through an approach called transit timing variation (TTV). This technique enabled them to detect subtle shi ... more 
U of A-built instrument reveals pictures of 'baby planetsTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might have looked like in its infancy are lost to time. Taking advantage of a so ... more |
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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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Young Star Clusters Spawn Free-Floating Planetary-Mass ObjectsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 Planetary-mass objects (PMOs) are celestial wanderers, freely drifting through space without being bound to any star. Weighing less than 13 times the mass of Jupiter, these objects have been observe ... more 
Can we find floating vegetation on ocean planetsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 Astronomical research has identified nearly 6,000 exoplanets, some of which reside in habitable zones where liquid water may exist on their surfaces. The quest to detect life on these distant worlds ... more  
NASA's Hubble Captures Andromeda's Dynamic Galactic EcosystemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 The Andromeda galaxy, situated 2.5 million light-years from Earth, appears to the unaided eye as a dim, spindle-shaped formation comparable in size to the full Moon. However, beyond this faint glow ... more 
How Life Emerged on Early EarthBerlin, 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 t ... more |
New photon-avalanching nanoparticles could enable next-generation optical computersBerkeley 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  Available on Amazon Books |
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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 
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 
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 
Flickering Light Show: Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Emits Continuous FlaresLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is proving to be a relentless source of cosmic activity, continuously producing bursts of light with no apparent pattern, according t ... more |
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Mystery Surrounds Newly Discovered Cosmic Explosion Hidden for YearsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 A powerful cosmic explosion from an unidentified object beyond our galaxy has intrigued astronomers after being unearthed in decades-old data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This extraordinar ... 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 |
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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 |
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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 
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 
UC Irvine study explores habitability of exoplanets orbiting white dwarf starsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A recent study led by Aomawa Shields, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, suggests that exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars could be more habitabl ... more |
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