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Dusty early galaxies shed new light on how the universe built its first giantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 A team of 48 astronomers from 14 countries, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has identified a previously unseen population of dusty, star-forming galaxies located at the far reaches o ... more  
Researchers probe dark matter stars that resemble black holesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 In 2019, an unusual gravitational wave event labelled GW190521 rippled across the universe and into detectors on Earth, initially interpreted as the merger of two black holes each tens of times more ... more 
Dynamic terrain model boosts airborne gamma ray survey accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 A research team led by Professor Hexi Wu and Dr Weicheng Li has developed a dynamic three dimensional terrain correction method that significantly improves the quantitative inversion accuracy of air ... more 
Einstein probe catch may show black hole shredding white dwarfTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 An unusual high energy outburst captured by the China led Einstein Probe space telescope is offering a rare look at how an intermediate mass black hole may tear apart and consume a white dwarf star. ... more |
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Cheops spots inside out exoplanet quartetParis, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Many students learn memory tricks to remember the order of the Solar System's planets, with rocky worlds close to the Sun and gas giants farther out. Astronomers have now found a nearby planet ... more 
Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboostLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team temporarily ... more 
Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first timeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Hydrogen sulfide is what makes rotten eggs stink. But the discovery of this gas in the atmospheres of four distant, Jupiter-like planets is turning heads for a pleasant reason: It solves the mystery ... more 
Quantum team reads information from robust Majorana qubits using quantum capacitanceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Researchers have demonstrated a method to read information stored in Majorana-based qubits using a technique known as quantum capacitance, marking what they describe as a crucial advance for topolog ... more |
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Study revisits chances of detecting alien technosignaturesSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 19, 2026 For more than sixty years, astronomers have searched the sky for signs of advanced extraterrestrial technology, scanning the Milky Way for artificial radio transmissions, optical flashes and excess ... more  
Slow mantle flow built Antarctica gravity low over tens of millions of yearsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Gravity feels stable in everyday life, but its strength varies across the surface of the planet, and it is weakest beneath Antarctica after accounting for Earth rotation. These subtle variations ari ... more 
Infrared archive reveals quiet birth of new black hole in AndromedaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Astronomers have used nearly two decades of infrared and optical observations to watch a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy quietly collapse into a black hole instead of ending its life with a bri ... more 
Photonic neurons push ultra-fast trading beyond electronic limitsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 In high frequency stock trading, the fastest systems typically capture the greatest advantage, putting a premium on shaving every possible fraction of a second from end to end latency. For years, th ... more |
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Experiments settle debate over how Molybdenum 93 isomer releases stored energyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 A team at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborators has identified the dominant mechanism that releases energy stored in the nuclear isomer Molybdenum 93m. ... more 
Muon study clarifies superconducting behavior in strontium ruthenateTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Quantum materials and superconductors are inherently complex, and unconventional superconductors pose an even greater challenge because they fall outside standard theoretical descriptions. One promi ... more 
Illinois team outlines emit-then-add route to photonic graph statesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Physicists at the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have devised a new way to build large photonic graph states using currently available hardware. The s ... more 
Debris disc oddities point to hidden outer planetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Astronomers have obtained some of the most detailed images yet of debris discs around fully formed, so called teenage planetary systems, and say the irregular structures they see could reveal the pr ... more |
Chance glimpse of star collapse offers new insight into black hole formationNew York (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it - turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star as it collapses into a black hole. ... more 
Strange 'inside-out' planetary system baffles astronomersParis, France (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations - and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before. ... more 
One dimensional anyons offer tunable quantum statisticsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 Physicists have traditionally divided all elementary particles in three dimensional space into just two categories, bosons and fermions, depending on how systems of identical particles behave when t ... more 
Pressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbesParis, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 For many years, scientists viewed the deep ocean as a nutrient poor realm where microbes in the water column scraped by on scarce resources. New research from t ... more |
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JWST study links sulfur rich gas giants to core growth in distant HR 8799 systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Gas giants are large planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with dense cores but no solid surfaces. Astronomers have long debated how the most massive of these worlds form and where the boun ... more 
Dark matter core may drive Milky Way centerLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Our Milky Way galaxy may not host a supermassive black hole at its center but instead an enormous concentration of dark matter that exerts an equivalent gravitational influence on nearby stars and g ... more 
'The beacons were lit!' A system to detect and map merging black holesNew Haven CT (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 An international collaboration of astrophysicists that includes researchers from Yale has created and tested a detection system that uses gravitational waves to map out the locations of merging blac ... more 
Runaway black hole jet outshines legendary death starLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 A supermassive black hole that shredded a nearby star is blasting out a jet of energy that has kept brightening for four years, in one of the most powerful events ever recorded in the universe. ... more |
Lab made cosmic dust experiment reveals paths to life chemistrySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A PhD candidate at the University of Sydney has recreated a small slice of cosmic chemistry in the laboratory by manufacturing carbon rich dust under conditions that mimic space. Working in the Scho ... more 
Survey of 80 near Earth asteroids sharpens view of their origins and risksTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Near Earth asteroids are small bodies whose orbits cross or come close to Earth, making them key tracers of Solar System formation and evolution as well as potential impact hazards for our planet. ... more 
Einstein effect clears planets from tight double star systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in pairs, planets that orbit both ... more 
Engineered microbes use light to build new moleculesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more |
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Exploding primordial black hole model may link extreme neutrino and dark matterAmherst MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe ... more 
Flat dark matter sheet solves local galaxy motion puzzleBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Astronomers have used advanced computer simulations to show that the matter distribution just beyond the Local Group is organized in a vast, flattened structure of dark matter that extends tens of m ... more 
Gravitational wave triad puts relativity under intense scrutinyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 An international team working within the LIGO Virgo KAGRA collaboration has used the exceptionally clear gravitational wave signal GW250114 to carry out some of the most precise tests yet of Einstei ... more 
AI framework links gravitational waves and radio afterglowsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 When two neutron stars collide, they generate gravitational waves and light across the electromagnetic spectrum, from intense gamma ray flashes to faint radio signals that can persist for years. The ... more |
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