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Frozen hydrogen cyanide crystals may have helped spark early chemistry for lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 Hydrogen cyanide is highly poisonous to humans, yet new work suggests it could have played a constructive role in the emergence of life on early Earth and in other cold environments in the solar sys ... more  
Early universe dark matter born red hot before coolingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Universite Paris-Saclay report that dark matter in the early universe may have started out moving at nearly the speed of light, challenging ... more 
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX's Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaperWashington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2026 After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A ... more 
Berkeley Scientists set to home in on 100 signals from Seti at HomeBerkeley, United States (SPX) Jan 12, 2026 For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy. The project - calle ... more |
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Quantum light switch built from atomically thin mirrorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 Controlling light across scales, from microscopes and telescopes down to nanometers, is a central challenge in modern optics. Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have now demonstrated a nanos ... more 
Quantum key method enables redundant storage of qubit dataLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have demonstrated a method to back up quantum information by encrypting qubits during copying, providing redundancy while remaining consistent wit ... more 
Bright supernova offers new view of black hole birthTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 What astronomers know about the birth of a black hole has long mirrored the objects themselves, tending to be dark, difficult to observe, and seemingly quiet despite their immense gravitational infl ... more 
Mixed crystal phase of superionic water mapped inside giant planetsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Temperatures of several thousand degrees Celsius and pressures of millions of atmospheres drive water into a superionic state in which hydrogen ions move freely through a solid lattice of oxygen ato ... more |
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Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 NASA mission controllers have acquired full signal from the agency's Pandora small satellite, confirming the health and initial operations of the exoplanet observatory following launch from Vandenbe ... more |
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Jet from galaxy black hole drives vast stream of super heated gas into space Irvine, United States (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 University of California Irvine astronomers have reported the discovery of the largest known stream of super heated gas in the universe flowing out of a nearby spiral galaxy called VV 340a. The team ... more 
Scientist wins 'Environment Nobel' for shedding light on hidden fungal networksWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down 13 billion tons of carbon annually. ... more 
This crystal sings back: Illinois collaboration sheds light on magnetochiral instabilityUrbana IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported the first observation of a dynamic magnetochiral instability in a solid-state materi ... more 
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologiesHouston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading to advancements in computing, sensing and materials science. A stud ... more |
Barred spiral galaxy spotted 11.5 billion years in the pastLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a contender for one of ... more  |
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M dwarf plasma torus offers window into space weather and planetary habitabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Carnegie researcher Luke Bouma is using a naturally occurring plasma structure around certain young M dwarf stars as a kind of space weather station to investigate how stellar particles shape planet ... more 
Puffy young exoplanets reveal origin of super EarthsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Astronomers have identified a young planetary system that links newborn giant worlds to the compact super Earths and sub Neptunes that dominate the Milky Way. V1298 Tau, a star about 20 million year ... more 
Star like early galaxies challenge views of cosmic evolutionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe that look like stars in images yet behave like compact galaxies when analyzed in detai ... more 
We finally know how the most common types of planets are createdLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That's been a source ... more |
We have no idea what most of the universe is made of, but scientists are closer than ever to finding outCollege Station TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture. Dark matter and dark energy make up about 95% of the universe, leaving only 5% "ordinary matter," or ... more 
Milky Way black hole flare leaves X ray echoes in nearby gas cloudLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is among the faintest known, yet new observations indicate it was far more active in the recent past on cosmic timescales. Sagittarius A*, at the Milky Way's cen ... more 
NASA selects industry partners to mature Habitable Worlds Observatory technologiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA has chosen a set of industry proposals to advance technologies for its Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, a planned flagship space telescope intended to directly image Earth-like planets aro ... more 
K dwarf survey maps stellar neighborhood for habitable worldsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 A Georgia State University astronomy graduate student has led a new survey of nearby K-type stars to identify targets where Earth-like planets could provide conditions suitable for life. Sebastian C ... more |
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Hubble tracks Betelgeuse companion carving dense wake in giant star atmosphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with ground-based observatories, astronomers have traced how Betelgeuse's recently identified companion star, Siwarha, disturbs gas in the red supergiant's extend ... more 
Hubble confirms dark starless relic cloud near galaxy M94Paris, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 A team using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has identified a new type of astronomical object, a starless gas-rich dark-matter cloud considered a relic of early galaxy formation and nicknamed "Cloud-9 ... more 
ALMA views giant dusty disk in Gomezs Hamburger with signs of early giant planet formationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ALMA have identified the earliest phases of giant planet formation inside the dense layers of gas and dust in the nearly edge-on di ... more 
Rogue planet mass pinned down for the first timeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Peking University, January 2, 2026: A coordinated observation campaign using space- and ground-based telescopes has yielded the first precise mass measurement of a rogue planet, confirming that one ... more |
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Hybrid detector array sharpens measurements of neutron rich nuclei lifetimesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics and collaborating institutions have developed a hybrid detection system called HALIMA to measure the lifetimes of excited states in neutron rich nucl ... more |
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Superradiant spin teamwork yields self driven microwave signalsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone, a cooperative phenomenon known as superradiance that has often caused rapid en ... more 
Joint ground- and space-based observations reveal Saturn-mass rogue planetWashington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 Simultaneous ground- and space-based observations of a newly discovered free-floating planet have enabled direct measurement of its mass and distance from Earth, according to a new study. The findin ... more 
Australian team maps quantum error memory over timeSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A collaboration led by Macquarie University has reconstructed how errors develop and spread inside working quantum computers, revealing that noise can link events across time rather than appearing a ... more 
Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystemBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A multinational research team led by UiT The Arctic University of Norway has identified the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on Earth during the Ocean Census Arctic Deep - EXTREME24 expedition, d ... more |
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