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Knotted energy fields may explain the universe's matter dominanceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 A 19th-century hypothesis dismissed for decades is now illuminating one of physics' most perplexing mysteries: why our universe is made primarily of matter rather than antimatter. Researchers in Jap ... more
Ancient White Dwarf Reveals Ongoing Planetary ConsumptionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 A 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star, LSPM J0207+3331, located 145 light-years from Earth, has been found actively accreting material from the remains of its planetary system. This finding overturn ... more
Newly found rocky super-Earth could become key focus in search for lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 An international scientific team, including Penn State researchers, has identified a super-Earth exoplanet named GJ 251 c orbiting a nearby dwarf star less than 20 light-years away. The planet is es ... more
Mapping previously unseen galactic structures reveals new secrets of Milky Way star formationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 An international collaboration has successfully charted extensive regions of CO-dark molecular gas within Cygnus X, a vibrant star-forming segment of our Milky Way. Utilizing data from the National ... more |
Neutrino partnerships bridge Pacific to probe cosmic mysteriesPasadena CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 altech researchers co-lead new study refining what we know about the ghostly particles Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter a ... more
Pioneering solar telescope begins operation in China to advance high precision measurementsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 China has begun operating the world's first solar magnetic-field telescope that utilizes the mid-infrared wavelength range, representing a notable advancement in solar magnetic field research. Named ... more
Neutrino flavor shifts may unlock cosmic originsColumbus OH (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 In a new analysis, physicists provide the most precise picture yet of how neutrinos change 'flavor' as they travel through the cosmos. Neutrinos are fundamental particles of the universe, but ... more
Telescope hack opens a sharper view into the universeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 A novel imaging technique used for the first time on a ground-based telescope has helped a UCLA-led team of astronomers to achieve the sharpest-ever measurement of a star's surrounding disk, reveali ... more |
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Lincoln Laboratory and Haystack Observatory team up to unveil hidden parts of the galaxBoston MA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 For centuries, humans have sought to study the stars and celestial bodies, whether through observations made by naked eye or by telescopes on the ground and in space that can view the universe acros ... more |
Quantum sensor networks enhance search for elusive dark matterTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Dark matter remains one of physics' most enduring mysteries, yet researchers at Tohoku University have developed a promising new strategy to detect it-by linking quantum sensors into sophisticated n ... more
'Messy' galaxies in the early universe struggled to settleCambridge UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the most detailed look yet at how galaxies formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang - and found they were far ... more
4MOST marks first light at ESO's Paranal ObservatoryBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) has achieved its first light at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal site in Chile, marking a major milestone for one of the world's m ... more
Miniature chip spectrometer opens new window on the universeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Chinese scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking miniature spectrometer that combines ultra-high resolution with a wide field of view, enabling faster and sharper exploration of the universe than e ... more |
Most massive stars in the early universe were likely born as binariesParis, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 A new study from Tel Aviv University's School of Physics and Astronomy suggests that most massive stars formed in the early universe were born in pairs, echoing patterns seen among massive stars in ... more ![]() |
WVU engineers recalibrate radio telescopes to illuminate dark energyMorgantown WV (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Scientists know dark energy makes up about 70% of the universe and is responsible for the universe's accelerating expansion. Beyond that, little about it is certain, so WVU engineer Kevin Bandura is ... more
Signals from the dawn of time may reveal secrets of the Big BangBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 For centuries, humans have sought to understand how the universe began. Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) and the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris are proposing new way ... more
Dark matter returns as leading explanation for galactic gamma ray glowParis, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 A new study has reignited the long-running debate over what causes the mysterious gamma-ray glow emanating from the Milky Way's center, suggesting that dark matter may once again be the most plausib ... more
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matterBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 Johns Hopkins researchers may have identified what could be a compelling clue in the ongoing hunt to prove the existence of dark matter. A mysterious diffuse glow of gamma rays near the center ... more |
Ancient Heavy Water Found in Planet-Forming Disk Reveals Solar Origins of Earth's OceansCharlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Astronomers have detected "heavy water" in a planet-forming disk for the first time, uncovering compelling evidence that much of the water in our Solar System predates the Sun itself. The discovery ... more
Real-time tracking of quantum uncertainty achieved using attosecond squeezed lightLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Researchers have, for the first time, directly measured quantum uncertainty as it evolves in real time - an achievement that reshapes our understanding of one of the fundamental principles of quantu ... more
Listening for gravitational wave beats in pulsar timing dataParis, France (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 The rhythmic ticking of pulsars - neutron stars that beam radio pulses with atomic precision - could soon reveal subtle "beats" from gravitational waves passing through the galaxy. A new theoretical ... more
Hydrothermal vents may have triggered early molecular chemistry on ancient EarthWashington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2025 A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may have occurred on Earth about 4 billion years ago, producing the first molecu ... more |
Iron from deep-sea vents travels across oceans to fuel marine lifeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Most of the iron released by hydrothermal vents rapidly reacts with oxygen and sulfur, forming solid minerals that settle on the seafloor. Yet a small fraction defies this fate, remaining dissolved ... more
Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old "proto Earth"Boston MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal collision irreversibly altered the primitive pla ... more
Stopping slime on Earth and in spaceTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 How do you prevent biofilms - large communities of bacteria like the slime on your teeth before you brush - from growing in water systems in space and on Earth? A multi-university research tea ... more
Supersolid state synchronizes under rotation unlocking quantum vortex behaviorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 A supersolid is an unusual state of matter showing both crystal rigidity and frictionless flow, a paradox realized only in recent years within dipolar quantum gases. Researchers at the University of ... more |
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With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom's nucleusBoston MA (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" within a molecule. In a study appearing in the journal Science, the ... more |
The tiny droplets that bounce without burstingLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 If you've ever added liquid to a hot frying pan, maybe you noticed how the droplets bubbled up and skittered across the sizzling surface, rather than immediately flattening and wetting. This happens ... more
Planet formation depends on when it happens: UNLV model shows whyLas Vegas NV (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy - and why the life and death of nearby stars are an important piece of the puzzle. In a pap ... more
White dwarf binaries heated by intense tidal forces evolve faster than predictedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 White dwarfs, the dense remnants of exhausted stars, are usually ancient, dim, and cool. Yet some binary systems containing them defy expectations, glowing tens of thousands of degrees hotter than t ... more
Rice physicists probe quark-gluon plasma temperatures, helping paint more detailed picture of big bangHouston TX (SPX) Oct 14, 2025 A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at various stages of its evolution, providing critical insights in ... more |
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