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June 17, 2025
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June 15, 2025 — AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes. Using over 12 million simulations powered by high-throughput computing, scientists discovered that the Milky Way's central ...
June 11, 2025 — By using a clever quantum approach that involves two "hands" on a clock one moving quickly and invisibly in the quantum world, the other more traditionally scientists have found a way to boost timekeeping precision dramatically. Even better, this ...
June 5, 2025 — Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
June 3, 2025 — Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...
June 3, 2025 — Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful phenomena as the spacecraft dipped in and out of the ...
June 2, 2025 — Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of the most delicate experiments in existence to observe ...
May 30, 2025 — A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black ...
May 30, 2025 — The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new ...
May 29, 2025 — A multi-sensor detection of an intense gamma-ray flash, which occurs when two lightning leaders collided, has been observed. Observations across a wide radiation spectrum enabled precise measurement of the electric current produced during this ...
May 29, 2025 — Astronomers have explained how a galaxy cluster maintains its heat, despite emitting X-rays that cool the hot gas at its center. The group discovered the existence of a fast-moving, high-temperature ...
May 28, 2025 — A team of international astronomers have discovered a new cosmic object emitting both radio waves and ...
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June 16, 2025 — When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...
June 16, 2025 — For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists ...
June 16, 2025 — A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes ...
June 15, 2025 — At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there ...
June 14, 2025 — Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered how gas and dust in planet-forming disks evolve separately an insight that reshapes our understanding of how different types of planets form. While dust lingers, ...
June 13, 2025 — Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed ...
June 12, 2025 — Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...
June 11, 2025 — NASA s CODEX experiment aboard the International Space Station is revealing the Sun like never before. Using advanced filters and a specialized coronagraph, CODEX has captured images showing that the ...
June 11, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a ...
June 11, 2025 — Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light ...
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June 10, 2025 — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets orbiting a distant sun-like star. These observations revealed sand-like silicate ...
June 10, 2025 — A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...
June 10, 2025 — A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling ...
June 9, 2025 — Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...
June 7, 2025 — An international team of scientists has unveiled the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever created using the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing nearly 800,000 galaxies stretching back ...
May 28, 2025 — A series of experiments support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope that found evidence that the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is constantly changing. ...
May 28, 2025 — Scientists have observed anyons -- quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and bosons -- in a one-dimensional quantum system for the first time. The results may contribute to a better ...
'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
May 27, 2025 — Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team developed a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that ...
May 23, 2025 — Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...
May 22, 2025 — The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but ...
May 22, 2025 — Astronomers have observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral galaxy in the early Universe and found that it has important similarities and differences with modern galaxies. This improves ...
May 21, 2025 — The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new ...
May 21, 2025 — Scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of helium pickup ...
May 21, 2025 — Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation. Their results show that this radiation dampens the wounded ...
May 20, 2025 — In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the ...
May 20, 2025 — Astronomers have filled a large gap in knowledge about Mars' water cycle. Their research on water percolating from surface to aquifer could change the picture of what early Mars was like, ...
May 19, 2025 — The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they're most likely caused by dry processes rather than liquid ...
May 19, 2025 — Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...
May 15, 2025 — The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the October 14, 2024, launch. Scheduled to arrive in the ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Sand Clouds and Moon Nurseries: Webb’s Dazzling Exoplanet Reveal
- Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Storm: Rare G4 Alert Issued for Earth
- Scientists May Have Spotted a Giant New Planet Forming
Monday, June 9, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Ongoing Surface Modification on Jupiter's Moon Europa Uncovered
- Observing One-Dimensional Anyons: Exotic Quasiparticles in the Coldest Corners of the Universe
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- 'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Saturn's Moon: Mysterious Wobbling Atmosphere Like a Gyroscope
- ALMA Measures Evolution of Monster Barred Spiral Galaxy
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Unveiling the Secrets of Planet Formation in Environments of High UV Radiation
- Scientist Discovers How Solar Events Affect the Velocity of Helium Pickup Ions
- 'Cosmic Joust': Astronomers Observe Pair of Galaxies in Deep-Space Battle
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Gas Location Drives Star Formation in Distant Galaxies
- Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle Discovered
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Astronomers Observe Largest Ever Sample of Galaxies Up to Over 12 Billion Light Years Away
- Streaked Slopes on Mars Probably Not Signs of Water Flow, Study Finds
- Not One, but Two Massive Black Holes Are Eating Away at This Galaxy
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Ultraviolet Data from NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
- A Multitude of Protoplanetary Discs Detected in the Galactic Centre
- Stretched in a Cross Pattern: Our Neighboring Galaxy Is Pulled in Two Axes
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- What Lies Beneath: Using Rock Blasted from Craters to Probe the Martian Subsurface
- Dark Matter Formed When Fast Particles Slowed Down and Got Heavy, New Theory Says
- Astronomers Take a Second Look at Twin Star Systems
- New Insights Into Black Hole Scattering and Gravitational Waves Unveiled
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Universe Decays Faster Than Thought, but Still Takes a Long Time
- Astrophysicist Searches for Ripples in Space and Time in New Way
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Scientists Innovate Mid-Infrared Photodetectors for Exoplanet Detection, Expanding Applications to Environmental and Medical Fields
- Satellite Measures CO2 and NO2 Simultaneously from Power Plant Emissions for the First Time
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- The Squid Galaxy's Neutrino Game Just Leveled Up
- Waxing and Waning Prairie: New Study Unravels Causes of Ancient Climate Changes
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- NASA's NICER Maps Debris from Recurring Cosmic Crashes
- Bridging Worlds: Physicists Develop Novel Test of the Holographic Principle
- New Silver Mass Brings Us a Step Closer in Our Understanding of the Antineutrino Mass
Monday, May 5, 2025
- New Theory of Gravity Brings Long-Sought Theory of Everything a Crucial Step Closer
- A Snapshot of Relativistic Motion: Special Relativity Made Visible
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- A Vast Molecular Cloud, Long Invisible, Is Discovered Near Solar System
- New Look at Galactic Region Surrounding Our Solar System: Lyman-Alpha Emissions
- New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
- Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- The Heart of World's Largest Solar Telescope Begins to Beat
- Evidence Blasted Into Space: Mystery Why Some Meteorites Look Less Shocked Solved
- Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Better Understand Solar System's Origins
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Turning Down Starlight to Spot New Exoplanets
- Scientists Probe the Mystery of Titan's Missing Deltas
- Volcanic History and Clues to Ancient Life on Mars
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Strongest Hints Yet of Biological Activity Outside the Solar System
- Ever Wonder Why Some Meteor Showers Are So Unpredictable?
- Cosmic Twist: The Universe Could Be Spinning
- 'Big Surprise': Astronomers Find Planet in Perpendicular Orbit Around Pair of Stars
- Crystal Clues on Mars Point to Watery and Possibly Life-Supporting Past
- The Most Distant Twin of the Milky Way Ever Observed
- 'Cosmic Radio' Could Find Dark Matter in 15 Years
- Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- On Jupiter, It's Mushballs All the Way Down
- AI Finds New Ways to Observe the Most Extreme Events in the Universe
- Molten Martian Core Could Explain Red Planet's Magnetic Quirks
- Mysterious Atmosphere of 'Rosetta Stone' Exoplanet
Monday, April 14, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Our Closest Neighboring Galaxy May Be Being Torn Apart
- Key Brain Networks Behind Post-Stroke Urinary Incontinence Identified
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- 'Hidden Galaxies': Key to Unlocking Some of Universe's Secrets
- Scientists Source Solar Emissions With Largest-Ever Concentration of Rare Helium Isotope
- Scientists Discover How Stellar-Mass Black Holes Emit Powerful Plasma Jets
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds
- What If We Find Nothing in Our Search for Life Beyond Earth?
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to Unleash Heat
- Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space
- Galaxies Die Earlier Than Expected
- Asteroid Impact Threat Estimates Improved for the Earth and the Moon
- Insight from One of Milky Way's Most Extreme Environments
- Miso Made in Space Tastes Nuttier
- Sound Frequencies of Stars Sing of Our Galaxy's Past and Future
Monday, March 31, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Oxygen Discovered in Most Distant Known Galaxy
- New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Nanomaterials Used to Measure Nuclear Reaction on Radioactive Nuclei Produced in Neutron Star Collisions
- Meteorites: A Geologic Map of the Asteroid Belt
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Combination of Cosmic Processes Shapes the Size and Location of Sub-Neptunes
- Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System
- Age of Upcoming Asteroid Flyby Target