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April 18, 2025
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First Spectrum: Strongest biosignature signal yet found on exoplanet



London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Astronomers have reported their most compelling evidence to date of potential biological activity on a planet beyond our solar system, though they emphasize further verification is needed. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a research team led by the University of Cambridge identified the spectral presence of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b. ... read more

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Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found
Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2025
Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter - stars, galaxies and gas - in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short of the total matter produced in the Big Bang 13.6 billion years ago. ... more
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New evidence suggesting magnetar origin of GRBs
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 16, 2025
How gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful and spectacular explosions known in the universe since the Big Bang, fuel their high-energy radiations? What kind of physical reactions can trigger and ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Further backing secured for German role in Mu3e particle physics project
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) will continue their involvement in the cutting-edge Mu3e experiment thanks to renewed financial support from the German Research Foundation (D ... more
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Strongest 'hints' yet of life detected on distant planet
Paris (AFP) April 17, 2025
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. ... more
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AI revolutionizes gravitational wave detector design
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Gravitational waves, the faint tremors in spacetime triggered by cataclysmic cosmic phenomena like black hole collisions and stellar explosions, have opened a groundbreaking observational frontier i ... more
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Scientists replicate cosmic light traps using new optical device
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Researchers at the University of Southampton have engineered a groundbreaking optical device that mimics the light-trapping properties of black holes and the theoretical expulsion behavior of white ... more
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Scientists uncover why carbon-rich space rocks rarely reach Earth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A comprehensive international study may finally explain why carbon-rich meteorites, which are thought to contain key ingredients for life, are so rarely found on Earth despite being common in space. ... more
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SwRI analysis reveals exotic nature of TOI-270 d atmosphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has unveiled a detailed geochemical model of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet roughly midway in size between Earth and Neptune, suggesting it may be a m ... more

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SwRI study reveals exotic chemistry of superheated sub-Neptune TOI-270 dwar
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
A new study led by the Southwest Research Institute offers groundbreaking insights into TOI-270 d, an exoplanet orbiting 73 light years from Earth. The planet, falling between Earth and Neptune in s ... more
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Do "completely dark" dark matter halos exist?
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo - a region of gravitationally bound matter that extends far beyond the visible boundaries of a galaxy. Stars are formed when gravi ... more
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Research reveals tidal forces disrupting nearby dwarf galaxy
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
New research led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara at Nagoya University has uncovered compelling evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, ... more
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NASA prepares to launch space-based quantum gravity sensor
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
In a major step forward for quantum sensing and Earth science, NASA is preparing to fly the first quantum gravity sensor in space. Developed in partnership with academic institutions and private ind ... more
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Blue Skies Space to Design CubeSat Constellation for Lunar-Based Cosmology Research
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Blue Skies Space has secured funding from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to explore the design of a CubeSat-based satellite constellation capable of orbiting the Moon and conducting observations of ... more
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From dormant giant to erupting beacon black hole Ansky shocks astronomers
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
ESA's XMM-Newton telescope has become instrumental in monitoring an extraordinary cosmic awakening: a massive black hole in a galaxy 300 million light-years away has transitioned from complete dorma ... more
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How alien energy patterns may reveal extraterrestrial life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Are we alone in the cosmos? The search for extraterrestrial life has long captivated scientists, but a new theoretical approach suggests we might be looking in the wrong place. Mikhail Tikhonov, ass ... more
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Satellite alignment around Andromeda galaxy defies cosmological models
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
New research from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has revealed a striking anomaly in the satellite galaxy system surrounding Andromeda (M31), casting doubt on long-held assumpti ... more
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Research reveals gravitational forces may be dismantling Milky Way's small neighbor
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
A new study led by researchers at Nagoya University has uncovered compelling evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, may be undergoing grav ... more
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In the quest for alien life, even empty results hold value
Berlin, 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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Massive black hole 'waking up' in Virgo constellation
Paris (AFP) April 11, 2025
A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday. ... more
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Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds
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 ... more
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Scientists uncover dominant new microbe group deep in Earth's soil
Los 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
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What null results in the search for life could still reveal
Los 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
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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
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Sound waves reveal secrets of stellar evolution and galactic history
Sydney, 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
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NASA uncovers complex teamwork in magnetic bacteria
Los 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
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Smartphone sensor array reimagined as ultra-precise antimatter imaging system
Berlin, 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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Webb telescope captures images, insight from one of Milky Way's most extreme environments
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way Galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. He ... more
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Galaxies stopped growing sooner than cosmic models predict
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
For decades, astronomers believed that only star-forming galaxies populated the earliest epochs of the Universe. But new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned this expectati ... more
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NASA SPHEREx captures first light in space ahead of galaxy survey
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
NASA's SPHEREx mission (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has begun its in-space operations with a successful activation of its detectors. ... more
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Four Small Worlds Discovered Orbiting Nearby Star
Los 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
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A quantum fast track for generating NOON states
Berlin, 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
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