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Planet formation depends on when it happens: UNLV model shows why



Las 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 paper published Sept. 23 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers at UNLV in collaboration with scientists from the Open University of Israel for the first time modeled details about how the timing of planet formation in the history of the galaxy affects planetary composition and density. "Materia ... read more

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Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Baltimore 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
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Stopping slime on Earth and in space
Tempe 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
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Ancient Heavy Water Found in Planet-Forming Disk Reveals Solar Origins of Earth's Oceans
Charlottesville 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
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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
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Real-time tracking of quantum uncertainty achieved using attosecond squeezed light
Los 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
PHYSICS NEWS
Listening for gravitational wave beats in pulsar timing data
Paris, 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
TIME AND SPACE
Rice physicists probe quark-gluon plasma temperatures, helping paint more detailed picture of big bang
Houston 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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Dark Matter might leave a 'fingerprint' on light, scientists say
York UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
Dark Matter, the substance that makes up most of the Universe, could potentially be detected as a red or blue light 'fingerprint', new research shows. Previously assumed to be invisible, the s ... more

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Astronomers find mystery dark object in distant universe
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe. Finding more such objects and understanding their nature could rule out some th ... more
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Completed Plato spacecraft construction enters final test campaign
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency's mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Giant double-ring radio galaxy found halfway across the unhgerse
London UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
Astronomers have discovered the most distant and powerful odd radio circle (ORC) ever observed, revealing a rare cosmic structure nearly halfway across the universe. The newly identified source, RAD ... more
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Rogue planet devours matter at record pace of six billion tonnes a second
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have witnessed an extraordinary growth spurt in a free-floating planet, observing it accumulate mass at a rate ... more
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New tabletop detector to capture gravitational waves in the milli-Hz range
London, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking method to detect gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, unlocking a new observational window into the universe. This advance could allow re ... more
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White dwarf binaries heated by intense tidal forces evolve faster than predicted
Tokyo, 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
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First image captures two black holes in mutual orbit at quasar OJ287
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
For the first time, astronomers have produced a radio image revealing two black holes orbiting each other, confirming long-suspected black hole pairs. The system sits at the core of quasar OJ287, wh ... more
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Astronomers detect unseen dark mass shaping distant galaxy light
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Astronomers have identified a mysterious low-mass dark object nearly 10 billion light years away by tracing its faint gravitational distortion of light from a more distant galaxy. The object, weighi ... more
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Rare clean room bacterium survives by playing dead UH team finds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
A University of Houston team reports that a rare bacterium found in NASA spacecraft assembly clean rooms can evade detection by entering dormancy, effectively "playing dead" in a nutrient-poor envir ... more
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Most powerful cosmic radio ring yet found by citizen scientists
London, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
The most distant and powerful odd radio circle (ORC) ever detected has been discovered by astronomers working with citizen scientists. ORCs are giant, faint rings of radio emission surrounding ... more
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General purpose AI classifies transient cosmic events from just a few examples
London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
A study co-led by the University of Oxford, Google Cloud and Radboud University shows a general-purpose large language model, Google's Gemini, can identify real celestial changes and explain its rea ... more
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Water signature detected in interstellar comet 3I ATLAS
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
A fragment of ancient ice and dust from another star system has arrived in our cosmic neighborhood as 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever found. Using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observat ... more
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Digital revolution brings new clarity to direct exoplanet imaging with PLACID's liquid crystal optics
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A groundbreaking instrument is set to transform how astronomers detect and directly image planets orbiting distant stars by using liquid crystal technology. Known as the Programmable Liquid-crystal ... more
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Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 7, 2025
NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
How rotating black holes unleash cosmic particle jets
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
At the center of the massive galaxy M87 lies the supermassive black hole M87*, weighing six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun and spinning rapidly on its axis. From this powerhouse, an en ... more
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Rocket test proves bacteria survive space launch and re-entry unharmed
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaini ... more
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White dwarf consumes icy Pluto-like planet fragment in deep space
London, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 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
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Cosmic constants may explain away dark matter and dark energy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
For decades, astronomers have assumed that dark matter and dark energy dominate the cosmos. Now, new research from the University of Ottawa challenges that foundation, proposing that these unseen co ... more
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Dark energy's shifting role explored through advanced supercomputer simulations
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Since the early 20th century, scientists have known that the Universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. This acceleration has been attributed to dark energy, a mysterious property of spacetime t ... more
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Young rogue planet displays record-breaking 'growth spurt'
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
A young rogue planet about 620 light-years away from Earth has experienced a record-breaking "growth spurt," hoovering up some six billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months. ... more
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Detection of phosphine in a brown dwarf atmosphere raises more questions
La Jolla CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH3), an explosive, highly toxic gas. Found in the atmosphere ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum states rewrite the limits of heat-to-power conversion
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Harnessing quantum states that resist thermalization, scientists in Japan have discovered a way to break through conventional thermodynamic efficiency barriers such as the Carnot limit. The study, l ... more
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Patchwork planets: Piecing together the early solar system
New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Our solar system is a smashing success.... A new study suggests that from its earliest period - even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed - Earth's solar system and its planets looke ... more
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