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December 03, 2025
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SPHERE debris disk survey maps hidden asteroid and comet belts in young planetary systems



Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Observations with the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced a large gallery of debris disks around nearby young stars, revealing where unseen asteroid- and comet-scale bodies are colliding and generating dust. Gael Chauvin, SPHERE project scientist and co-author, said: "This data set is an astronomical treasure. It provides exceptional insights into the properties of debris disks, and allows for deductions of smaller bodies like asteroids and comets in these systems, which are im ... read more

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Cosmic rays drive urgent search for better protection before crewed trips to Mars
Norwich, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The first step on the Moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips - and dreaming of Mars beyond. Next year, Nasa's Artemis II mission wil ... more
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JWST spots early Milky Way style spiral galaxy Alaknanda
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Astronomers using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope have identified a massive spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way but existed when the Universe was only about 1.5 billion years old. Named Alak ... more
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Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study helium escaping f ... more
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SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads to the formation of ... more
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Hot dust near a nearby star system
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such material s ... more
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DEVILS survey maps how galaxy environments shape their evolution
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
A team at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research has released new data from the Deep Extragalactic Visible Legacy Survey showing that a galaxy's local environment has a major impact o ... more
TIME AND SPACE
End of mission for Atacama Cosmology Telescope opens new avenues in cosmology
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) has concluded nearly two decades of operation, closing a chapter in observational cosmology and initiating new directions for research. The ACT Collaboration ha ... more
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Moss spores withstand long term exposure outside space station
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 21, 2025
Researchers have demonstrated that moss sporophytes can withstand nine months of direct exposure to outer space and remain reproductively viable upon return to Earth. The study, published November 2 ... more

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Gamma-ray observation may provide first direct evidence for dark matter
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
In the 1930s, astronomer Fritz Zwicky noted that galaxies moved faster than expected for their visible mass, suggesting an unseen matter now known as dark matter. Since then, dark matter remained un ... more
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Gels may have given early Earth chemistry a place to organize into life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
An international team from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany has proposed that life on Earth may have emerged within sticky, surface-bound gels that formed before the first cells. The researchers ... more
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Machine learning tool distinguishes signs of life from non-living compounds in space samples
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Researchers developed LifeTracer, a machine learning framework, to analyze mass spectrometry data from space and terrestrial samples. They used advanced two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-r ... more
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Diamond defects, now in pairs, reveal hidden fluctuations in the quantum world
Princeton, NJ (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
In spaces smaller than a wavelength of light, electric currents jump from point to point and magnetic fields corkscrew through atomic lattices in ways that defy intuition. Scientists have only ever ... more
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High-power optical vortex beams targeted for future light-matter research across Europe
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Tampere University has launched a pan-European doctoral network dedicated to the development of high-power optical vortex beams, securing 4.4 million euros in funding from the European Union's Marie ... more
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A simple fiber-optic cable links reconfigurable quantum network in Edinburgh
London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have constructed a prototype quantum network that connects two smaller networks into an eight-user system. This configuration enables both routing of entangleme ... more
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Optical technique enables generation of hypersound waves in perovskite crystals
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Researchers from TU Dortmund University, University of Wurzburg, and Le Mans Universite have demonstrated the optical generation of shear hypersound pulses with large amplitudes in metal halide pero ... more
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Advances in structured light and machine intelligence reshape photonics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 24, 2025
Scientists are now using light in new, more complex ways, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). Structured light - light that is carefully shaped and controlled to have complex features - can be ... more
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Astrophysics study sets new bounds on speed of light across photon energies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 24, 2025
In 1887, Michelson and Morley conducted a pivotal experiment, searching for evidence that Earth's motion could alter the speed of light. Their null result was instrumental for Einstein, who soon pro ... more
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Efficient quantum process tomography for enabling scalable optical quantum computing
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 24, 2025
Optical quantum computers are gaining attention as a next-generation computing technology with high speed and scalability. However, accurately characterizing complex optical processes, where multipl ... more
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Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant star now orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system. Using NASA's Transiting Ex ... more
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White dwarf magnetic field study reveals inner accretion dynamics
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 21, 2025
Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star is a type of white dwarf that exerts a powerful magnetic field as it pulls ... more
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NASA's Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025
Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get - that could reveal new details. At the start of October, ... more
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A new angle of study for unveiling black hole secrets
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous ... more
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Comet sparks scientific fascination, online furor over 'alien' origins
Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2025
A flying piece of cosmic rock or an alien threat? Comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through our solar system and captivating scientists and internet users alike, even prompting Kim Kardashian to ask NASA for answers. ... more
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JUNO delivers early precision insights in neutrino physics following detector activation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has published its first physics results just two months after the start of data collection. The experiment, operated by an international team, la ... more
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Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the bound ... more
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Gravitational wave detectors complete two year campaign with record signal count
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
The LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations have finished their fourth observation campaign, known as O4, marking the longest and most comprehensive period of coordinated gravitational wave monitoring ... more
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LHAASO identifies black holes as source of cosmic ray knee phenomenon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has released results that clarify the origin of the knee in the cosmic ray energy spectrum. This feature, recognized by its sharp decline in c ... more
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Simulated Milky Way with AI and supercomputing sets star modeling milestone
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences in Japan, collaborating with The University of Tokyo and Universitat de Barcelona, have delivered the firs ... more
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A galaxy with earliest star signatures found during cosmic noon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers led by the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University have identified a galaxy labeled CR3, which shows evidence of containing stars from the earliest phase of the universe. The team ... more
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Exoplanet map initiative earns NASA support for University of Iowa physicist
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
University of Iowa physicist David Nataf will lead a NASA-funded research project focused on producing detailed three-dimensional maps for the study of exoplanets and their host stars. Nataf a ... more
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New research with GW230814 upholds Hawking black hole area law
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers from Purple Mountain Observatory have conducted an observational test of the black hole area law. Using the gravitational-wave event GW230814, which features a high signal-to-noise ratio ... more
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