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Using exoplanets to study dark matterRiverside CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, a UC Riverside ... more  
Tiny wave dynamics reveal new fluid control method for space systemsOxford MS (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and ... more 
Massive binary star system confirmed in Milky Way clusterFlagstaff AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 A team of astronomers led by Dr. Phil Massey of Lowell Observatory has taken the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest pairs of stars in our galaxy, known as NGC 3603-A1. Using previously unpubli ... more  
Model brings clarity to water rich exoplanets called steam worldsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert-essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most com ... more |
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Giant star stripped to its core reveals origins of silicon and sulfurLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Researchers led by Northwestern University and the Weizmann Institute of Science have identified a rare type of supernova that exposes the hidden inner layers of a massive star, revealing where heav ... more 
Interstellar comet 3I ATLAS studied by Webb Hubble and SPHERExWashington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph during observations on August 6. Researchers are now analyzing the results ... more 
Mapping star spots with NASA missions offers new insight into exoplanetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Scientists have developed a new technique to chart the star spots of distant suns using data from NASA's TESS and Kepler missions. The method, called StarryStarryProcess, builds on long-standing mod ... more 
Dark energy black holes align with DESI data to yield realistic neutrino massesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 Dark energy, once thought constant across time, may instead evolve through the universe, according to new results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Researchers show that interpre ... more |
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Supernovae: How to spot them at record speedParis, France (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 Supernovae appear to our eyes-and to astronomical instruments-as brilliant flashes that flare up in the sky without warning, in places where nothing was visible just moments before. The flash is cau ... more |
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First-of-its-kind supernova reveals innerworkings of a dying starEvanston IL (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or supernova, that is rich with silicon, sulfur and argo ... more 
Gas streamers reveal how massive young stars gain their massTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 A research team led by Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo has identified gas streamers as a key mechanism feeding high-mass young stars, challenging the long-held assumption that large acc ... more 
Astronomers capture a record 130-year evolution of a dying starManchester UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 For the first time, scientists have directly tracked the slow transformation of a dying star over more than a century - revealing it is heating up faster than any other typical star ever observed. ... more 
Early detection methods refine study of stellar explosionsParis, France (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 Supernovae are sudden stellar explosions that flare brightly in the sky, making them difficult to capture in their earliest moments. With modern wide-field, high-cadence sky surveys, astronomers can ... more |
 
New spectroscopy method reveals hidden atomic transitions in samariumBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have demonstrated a new spectroscopy approach that reveals previously unknown transitions in samarium ... more  |
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New spectroscopy method reveals hidden atomic transitions in samariumBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have demonstrated a new spectroscopy approach that reveals previously unknown transitions in samarium ... more 
What came before the Big Bang remains a mystery but new tools may helpLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 A team of physicists is arguing that one of the biggest taboos in cosmology-asking what existed before the big bang-can now be approached using numerical relativity. In a new paper published in Livi ... 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 
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 |
Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space SulfurOxford MS (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is a key ingredient to life. A new study could point to where it has been h ... more 
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 
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 |
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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 
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 |
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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 |
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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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