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  Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like "sand," its topography has long fascinated scientists and invited speculation on whether lifeforms might lurk beneath the moon's thick, hazy atmosphere. An international team of researchers co-led by Antonin Affholder at the U of A Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Peter Higgins at Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary science ... read more |
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Scientists uncover dominant new microbe group deep in Earth's soilLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Leonardo da Vinci once remarked that humanity understands the heavens better than the earth beneath its feet. James Tiedje at Michigan State University echoes that sentiment, but he's working to cha ... more 
What null results in the search for life could still revealLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 BODY TEXT: What if, after decades of scanning the cosmos with cutting-edge telescopes, we still detect no signs of extraterrestrial life? A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich, including SETI ... more
NASA uncovers complex teamwork in magnetic bacteriaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 In a breakthrough study, researchers backed by NASA have explored the remarkable cooperative behavior of a rare form of bacteria that function as if they were a unified multicellular entity. These o ... more  
Smartphone sensor array reimagined as ultra-precise antimatter imaging systemBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 In a major advance for antimatter research, scientists from CERN's AEgIS collaboration have engineered a groundbreaking imaging system by adapting the image sensors found in mobile phone cameras. Th ... more |
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In the quest for alien life, even empty results hold valueBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 What if future planetary surveys yield no evidence of life beyond Earth? A research team led by physicist Dr. Daniel Angerhausen from ETH Zurich's Exoplanets and Habitability Group, working in colla ... more |
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Microscopy study in Earths harsh environments informs alien life search Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Body Text: Researchers at Portland State University have demonstrated that signs of microbial life can be consistently detected across a variety of Earth's most extreme habitats, findings that may s ... more  
Sound waves reveal secrets of stellar evolution and galactic historySydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 A team led by UNSW Sydney has harnessed the sound frequencies emitted by stars to trace their life cycles and uncover the past and future of our galaxy. The research, focusing on 27 stars in the M67 ... more 
Four Small Worlds Discovered Orbiting Nearby StarLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 A quartet of diminutive planets has been confirmed in orbit around Barnard's Star, a nearby red dwarf long known for stirring debate over questionable planet sightings. Thanks to cutting-edge observ ... more
A quantum fast track for generating NOON statesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 Creating quantum superpositions of ultracold atoms has long been hampered by sluggish methods that were too slow for practical use in laboratory settings. Researchers at the University of Liege have ... more |
A new clue to how multicellular life may have evolvedLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 Life began on Earth around 3.8 billion years ago, with organic molecules forming in watery environments under the influence of sunlight and electrical activity, according to the widely held primordi ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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James Webb captures earliest hint of cosmic clarityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 From a fiery origin to its slow expansion and eventual formation of structure, the Universe's evolution has long fascinated scientists. A key chapter in this story unfolded a few hundred million yea ... more
Incredible Journey of Pristine Meteorite Reveals Survival SecretsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 In April 2019, an unusual meteorite fall near Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica offered scientists a rare look at a well-preserved, water-rich space rock. Researchers have since analyzed the event ... more 
Rice physicists trace quantum entanglement in strange metalLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 Physicists at Rice University have taken a major step toward explaining the puzzling nature of strange metals, a class of materials that defy traditional understandings of electrical and magnetic be ... more 
How calcium may have guided early molecular directionalityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 A new investigation from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has revealed that calcium ions may have played a critical role in shaping life's early molecular asymme ... more |
European leadership in particle physics threatened by ChinaGeneva (AFP) Mar 31, 2025 Europe's CERN laboratory chief Fabiola Gianotti told AFP in an interview on Monday that if a replacement particle collider was not given the green light the continent could lose its leadership in fundamental physics to China. ... more 
Atmospheres of new planets might have unexpected mixtures of hydrogen and waterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't react chemically with each other. But what if some of them do? UCLA and Pri ... more 
Howard University researcher explores quantum bounds on life's computational powerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 Over 80 years ago, Erwin Schrodinger asked a profound question about the nature of life in his 1944 lectures at Trinity College Dublin, later published as "What is Life?" Now, in the 2025 Internatio ... more 
No technical obstacles to new giant particle collider in Europe: CERNGeneva (AFP) Mar 31, 2025 Europe's CERN laboratory said on Monday that a detailed analysis revealed no technical obstacles to building the world's biggest particle collider, even as critics took issue with the "pharaonic" $17-billion project. ... more |
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Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy enduresParis (AFP) Mar 27, 2025 Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to come. ... more 
Super Earth uncovered by tandem space observationsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 An international research collaboration, including scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, has identified a new super-Earth circli ... more 
Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environmentsSan Diego CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Sci ... more 
China sends regenerative flatworms to orbit for biological researchSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 China's space station will soon host an unusual biological subject for experimentation: the planarian, a species of flatworm distinguished by its extraordinary regenerative powers, according to a re ... more |
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Were large soda lakes the cradle of lifeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Phosphorus, alongside nitrogen and carbon, forms one of the fundamental building blocks for life on Earth. It is integral to DNA, RNA, and ATP-molecules essential for storing genetic information and ... more |
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Fresh satellite data reveals spectacular space discoveriesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2025 Data from the European Space Agency's Euclid satellite is already delivering significant scientific insights, even though the survey has only just begun. Launched in July 2023, Euclid is embarking o ... more 
FSU researchers part of TESSERACT's hunt for dark matterTallahassee, FL (SPX) Mar 25, 2025 For decades, people have been trying to directly detect dark matter: the missing mass in our universe. Now, research from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is making possible a new, super-sensitiv ... more 
AI boosts accuracy in stellar classification effortsSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 25, 2025 AI tools are revolutionizing the way astronomers study celestial bodies, offering new levels of precision and automation in classifying stars. A global research collaboration recently demonstrated h ... more  
Deep sea neutrino study places tighter constraints on quantum gravityRome, Italy (SPX) Mar 24, 2025 Quantum gravity, the elusive framework that would merge general relativity with quantum mechanics, remains one of modern physics' greatest unsolved puzzles. One of the most promising candidates for ... more |
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