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Early galaxies - or something else? Mizzou scientists uncover mysterious objects in the universeColumbia MO (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JW ... more  
Highly magnetized galaxies at cosmic noon shrouded in energetic cosmic ray halosLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A multinational team led by the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), with contributions from the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) and the University of ... more 
Milky Way collision path mirrored in distant galaxy pairSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A University of Queensland-led survey has found that two distant spiral galaxies show how the Milky Way may look billions of years from now as it moves toward merging with its neighbors. Dr Sa ... more 
Origins of giant black holes linked to first stars and early universe light burstsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A new model from University of Virginia astrophysicist Jonathan Tan offers a unified explanation for how supermassive black holes form and how early cosmic ionization occurred. These colossal object ... more |
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Roman mission to map universe expansion using time domain sky surveyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will dedicate about three-quarters of its five-year primary mission to three community-designed core surveys. One, the High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey, will ... more 
Slow Spinning Dark Matter Halos May Create Early Universe Little Red DotsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian propose that rare, slow-spinning dark matter halos could explain the compact and bright early galaxies known as little red dots. ... more  
Planets without water could still produce certain liquidsBoston MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life on other worlds. For decades, scientists' definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumptio ... more 
Gaia data maps variable stars across Milky Way clustersBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, Richard I. Anderson of EPFL and Emily Hunt of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy produced the first galaxy-scale map linking variable st ... more |
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Magnetic field mapping in Sagittarius C reveals new clues to Milky Way core dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 The complex and turbulent Galactic Center has long challenged astronomers attempting to model its underlying physics. Now, new measurements of the magnetic field in Sagittarius C, a region within th ... more |
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TRAPPIST-1 d ruled out as Earth twin by Webb studyParis, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Astronomers have determined that TRAPPIST-1 d, a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth and located in a potentially temperate zone, lacks an Earth-like atmosphere based on new NASA/ESA/CSA James ... more 
Chilean project aims to be at forefront of theoretical astrophysicsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 Chile's the CiELO project is opening new frontiers in the study of how galaxies form and evolve, positioning the country as a leader in computational astrophysics in Latin America. ... more 
NASA Hubble captures sharpest view yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLASLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 A team of astronomers has used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to obtain the clearest image yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, enabling the most precise size estimates so far. The icy nucleus may mea ... more 
Ultrasmall optical devices rewrite the rules of light manipulationBoston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 In the push to shrink and enhance technologies that control light, MIT researchers have unveiled a new platform that pushes the limits of modern optics through nanophotonics, the manipulation of lig ... more |
Hints emerge of giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri AParis, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Astronomers using the NASA ESA CSA James Webb Space Telescope have gathered strong evidence pointing to a giant planet circling Alpha Centauri A, one of the Sun-like stars in the closest stellar sys ... more  |
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Paperclip probe could journey to nearby black hole within a centuryTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 It may sound like pure science fiction - a spacecraft no heavier than a paperclip racing toward a black hole at near-light speed - but astrophysicist Cosimo Bambi of Fudan University believes it cou ... more 
Some young suns align with their planet-forming disks, others are born tiltedSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Researchers at UC Santa Barbara, The University of Texas at Austin, Yale University and National Taiwan Normal University have found that a fair number of sun-like stars emerge with their rotational ... more 
New survey charts hundreds of satellite galaxies orbiting dwarfsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 A new astronomical survey led by Dartmouth College has identified 355 candidate satellite galaxies orbiting dwarf galaxy hosts - tripling the number of such systems previously studied. Of these, 264 ... more 
Super alcohol discovery reveals potential building block of cosmic lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Researchers have successfully synthesized methanetetrol for the first time, unveiling a highly unstable molecule that could serve as a foundational component in the search for extraterrestrial life. ... more |
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Giant rogue planets could host scaled-down planetary systems London, UK (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 New findings from the University of St Andrews suggest that giant free-floating planets, unbound to any star, could form their own miniature planetary systems. Using data from the James Webb S ... more 
Baby star blast warps its own disk in rare cosmic feedback loopTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Astronomers in Japan have identified a rare feedback loop in which a young star's explosive outflow has ricocheted back, striking and warping the very disk of gas and dust from which the star formed ... more 
Real time view reveals melting dynamics in two dimensional skyrmion latticesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have, for the first time, directly observed the microscopic melting process of a two-dimensional lattice structure in real time. Using magnet ... more 
Black hole wave analysis refined using advanced WKB methodTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Black holes, the most gravitationally extreme objects in the universe, emit space-time ripples called quasinormal modes when disturbed - vibrations that can be detected as gravitational waves. These ... more |
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Webb reveals hidden galaxy populations in revisited deep fieldParis, France (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Webb has returned to the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field, providing astronomers with an unprecedented mid-infrared perspective of one of the most studied regions in the sky. Using nearly 100 hours of ... more 
Beyond the Shadow of a Black HoleAustin TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 he first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 - 55 million light years from E ... more 
Sun dogs, other celestial effects could appear in alien skiesIthaca NY (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sun dogs on either side of the sun in a w ... more 
Galactic Center magnetic field offers new insight into stellar evolution dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 A new study of the Sagittarius C region in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone has revealed a detailed portrait of the galactic magnetic field, offering fresh insight into how dense gas clouds, s ... more |
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NASA installs key 'sunblock' shield on Roman Space TelescopeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's inner segment. Along with the observatory's Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cove ... more |
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Light driven visual microphone offers new tool for silent sound detectionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a novel type of microphone that captures sound using light, offering a low-cost solution for detecting audio in situations where tra ... more 
New particle model opens overlooked pathway in dark matter searchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025 A team of physicists from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil has introduced a new theoretical framework that could advance the search for dark matter by focusing on inelastic particles that ... more 
Chemistry that shaped the cosmos revealed in helium hydride reaction studyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 Immediately following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a searing cauldron of energy and particles. Within seconds, temperatures dropped enough for the first elements - most ... more 
Scientists and engineers build radio telescope bound for the MoonBrookhaven NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a moon-b ... more |
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