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Spirals in young star disk reveal planet formation processTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured the motion of spiral structures in the disk of dust and gas surrounding the young star IM Lup, offering new ev ... more
White dwarf consumes icy Pluto-like planet fragment in deep spaceLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 University of Warwick astronomers have identified the chemical signature of an icy, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star. The finding offers strong evidence that volati ... more  
Webb maps hidden stellar nurseries in Sagittarius B2Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its most detailed view yet of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's largest star-forming cloud, uncovering vast populations of massive stars and intricate w ... more 
Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter searchBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Dark matter continues to puzzle physicists, despite decades of experiments and many competing theories. A recent study by researchers introduces a striking alternative candidate: supermassive charged gravitinos. ... more |
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Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpretTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia. But to answer these questions, scientists must first understand life it ... more
Exoplanets unlikely to host global oceansBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Astronomers once suggested that the exoplanet K2-18b, 124 light-years away, could be an ocean world filled with life. A new study led by ETH Zurich shows that such sub-Neptune planets are far drier ... more
Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial LifeMelbourne FL (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ... more 
Rice scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystalsHouston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Rice University researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron precision directly into an ultrathin crystal. The approach produced traces narrower than the width ... more |
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Mixing neutrinos of colliding neutron stars changes how merger unfoldsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 The collision and merger of two neutron stars - the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars - are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be o ... more |
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JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteriesParis, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. ... more  
How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problemsMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Quantum computers are designed to tackle challenges that would take even the fastest supercomputers thousands or millions of years to resolve. But this raises a central paradox: how can researchers ... more 
Interstellar objects may hold key to accelerating giant planet growth around young starsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Interstellar objects such as 3I/ATLAS, when captured in the planet-forming discs of young stars, may serve as the building blocks of giant planets, offering a solution to a long-standing problem in ... more
NASA's Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found. The official number of exoplanets - planets outside our solar syst ... more |
Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universeNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the universe created by a mysterious substance known as dark matter. In a ... more  |
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Rare Einstein cross with central image uncovers dark matter haloNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Astronomers have identified an extraordinary Einstein Cross containing a fifth image, pointing to the presence of a massive halo of dark matter. The finding, led by an international team including R ... more 
Gaia delivers first 3D fly through map of star forming regions in the Milky WayParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Scientists have produced the most detailed three-dimensional map yet of stellar nurseries within our galaxy, using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The new model reveals how massi ... more 
NASA Webb probes atmosphere scenarios for TRAPPIST-1 eWashington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are focusing on TRAPPIST-1 e, one of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby red dwarf star. Early results suggest the planet likely lost its o ... more 
Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting MachinePasadena CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to re ... more |
Black hole merger provides strongest evidence yet for Hawking area lawLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration reported its clearest gravitational wave signal yet from a black hole merger, offering the most precise confir ... more 
Gravitational wave provides strongest test yet of Hawking and Kerr black hole theoriesLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 19, 2025 Scientists have confirmed two landmark theories about black holes using the most precise gravitational wave detection ever recorded. The LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration reported the event, GW2501 ... more 
Alien civilizations may be far rarer than hoped study suggestsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 New research presented at the EPSC - DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki indicates that the nearest technological civilization in the Milky Way could be about 33,000 light years from Earth, and that s ... more 
Mapping the Universe faster without sacrificing precisionParis, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Scientists face a daunting task when trying to describe the cosmic web, the immense 3D structure of galaxies, clusters, superclusters, filaments, and voids that spans the Universe. Models like the E ... more |
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Planet transits across starspots reveal tilted orbit in TOI-3884 systemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Astronomers have mapped the architecture of the exoplanetary system TOI-3884 by capturing rare planet transits that crossed over dark starspots. Using MuSCAT3 and MuSCAT4 instruments on Las Cumbres ... more 
Mysterious 'red dots' in early universe may be 'black hole star' atmospheresUniversity Park PA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe - and may represent an entirely new class of ce ... more 
Reconsidering the cosmological constantChicago IL (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Dark energy - the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate - is one of the universe's greatest mysteries. The widely accepted theory at the present mome ... more 
Simulations reveal origins of globular clusters and uncover hybrid star systemsLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Scientists have long debated the origins of globular clusters, the universe's ancient and densely packed stellar systems. Now, researchers at the University of Surrey, using advanced simulations, ha ... more |
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What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systemsEast Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system - and how other distant solar system ... more |
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Black hole merger delivers strongest confirmation yet of Einstein and Hawking predictionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 A decade after scientists first detected gravitational waves, researchers have now recorded the clearest evidence yet of how black holes behave, confirming foundational predictions from Albert Einst ... more 
Black hole explosion may soon reveal origins of matter in the universeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report a more than 90% probability that astronomers could witness an exploding black hole within the next decade. If observed, the event would p ... more 
Enhanced CHARA Array to Gain Full Spectrum Observing Power with NSF GrantLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025 A $1.39 million award from the National Science Foundation will significantly upgrade Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array, enabling observations across the entire visible and near-infrared spectrum. ... more
Spacecraft study shows interstellar comet encounter mission within reachLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 Southwest Research Institute has outlined a mission design capable of intercepting and studying interstellar comets, demonstrating that such encounters are achievable with current technology. The in ... more |
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