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  London, UK (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 A groundbreaking study from researchers at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand proposes that dark energy, a long-debated concept in cosmology, may not exist. Using improved supernovae light curve analyses, the team argues the Universe's expansion is far more irregular than previously believed, rendering dark energy unnecessary to explain its accelerating rate. For over a century, physicists assumed the Universe expanded uniformly, relying on dark energy to address gaps in understanding. Ho ... read more |
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Living in the deep, dark, slow lane: Insights from the first global appraisal of microbiomes in Earth's subsurface environmentsWoods Hole MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Which microbes thrive below us in darkness - in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor - and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and ... more  
Unveiling hidden stars in the Milky Way with stellar orbital mappingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has pioneered a method to reconstruct the Milky Way's structure by mapping the orbits of stars. This approach reveals a de ... more 
Young planet's atmosphere challenges traditional formation modelsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Scientists have long believed that planets forming within a swirling disk of gas and dust should closely resemble the composition of their birthplace. However, new research led by Northwestern Unive ... more 
Teledyne selected as prime contractor for key sensor on LISA Space ObservatoryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Teledyne Space Imaging has secured the role of Prime Contractor for the Constellation Acquisition Sensor (CAS) instrument, a critical component of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Laser Interferome ... more |
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Event Horizon Telescope advances imaging of black holes and jetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), renowned for its first images of black holes, is advancing its mission by exploring how black holes create powerful jets. A research team led by Anne-Kathrin Baczk ... more |
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Does Trappist-1 b have an atmosphere after allBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 Trappist-1 b, one of seven rocky planets orbiting the star Trappist-1, remains a subject of intense scientific investigation, with new observations suggesting the planet's atmosphere status may not ... more 
ALMA observes dust clump where a new planet may formLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered critical details about planetary system formation by detecting a dense concentration of dust grains outside the orbits of two kn ... more 
Planet-forming discs persist longer in early Universe environmentsParis, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 New findings from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope challenge our understanding of planet formation by confirming a longstanding puzzle initially uncovered by the Hubble Space Telescope ov ... more 
The light of TRAPPIST-1 b analyzed at two wavelengths reveals key insights into its natureBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2024 New observations of TRAPPIST-1 b using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provide fresh insights into the challenge of detecting atmospheres around rocky planets with broadband thermal emission d ... more |
M87 jet observations reveal rare gamma-ray outburstTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 The supermassive black hole at the heart of Messier 87 (M87), known for hosting a colossal relativistic jet, has produced a rare gamma-ray flare. This event marks the first high-energy gamma-ray out ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Planets form sequentially like falling dominosTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2024 New findings from radio astronomy reveal that planetary systems form in a chain reaction, where the formation of one planet near a central star encourages the formation of subsequent planets farther ... more
Astrophysicists capture gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2024 The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the c ... more 
Hubble reveals stunning edge-on view of spiral galaxyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided an extraordinary image of the spiral galaxy UGC 10043, located approximately 150 million light-years from Earth in the Serpens constellation. Viewed ... more 
A new galaxy, much like our ownWellesley MA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images - take ... more |
NASA Successfully Integrates Roman Mission's Telescope, InstrumentsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the Roman payload. Now th ... more 
A new discovery about the source of the vast energy in cosmic raysNew York NY (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, which emerge in extreme astrophysical environments - like the roiling environments near black holes and neutron stars - have far more energy than the energetic particl ... more 
NASA plans February 2025 launch for SPHEREx mission to map the cosmosLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 NASA and SpaceX have announced a targeted launch date in late February 2025 for SPHEREx, a next-generation astrophysics observatory. The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ... more 
Discovery of a planet with a shifting gas tailLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 WASP-69 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet, is shedding its atmosphere over time, releasing hydrogen and helium particles due to intense stellar radiation. Unlike uniform atmospheric loss, these gases are s ... more |
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Black holes at the heart of Milky Way's largest star cluster reshaped in new researchLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 For decades, scientists have debated the source of unusual star movements in Omega Centauri, the Milky Way's largest star cluster. Recent research, incorporating new pulsar data, provides clarity, s ... more 
Straining a material's atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devicesUniversity Park PA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 What's the best way to precisely manipulate a material's properties to the desired state? It may be straining the material's atomic arrangement, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. ... more 
Particle that only has mass when moving in one direction observed for first timeUniversity Park PA (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 For the first time, scientists have observed a collection of particles, also known as a quasiparticle, that's massless when moving one direction but has mass in the other direction. The quasiparticl ... more 
Webb telescope's largest study of universe expansion confirms challenge to cosmic theoryBaltimore MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe-not a flaw in telescope measurements-may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is expan ... more |
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What is the universe expanding into if it's already infinite?Hamden CT (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands into the baking pan. Any chocolate chips or blueberries in the muffin ba ... more |
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Unveiling a hydrogen-controlled nano-switch in electron transport proteinsOsaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 Researchers at Osaka University have unveiled a groundbreaking mechanism that controls the electric potential of a universal "electron carrier" protein involved in redox reactions - processes critic ... more 
Falsifying the role of the Anthropic Principle in CosmologyParis, France (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 The Anthropic Principle (AP), first proposed by Brandon Carter in 1973, suggests that the universe is uniquely fine-tuned to support life. This idea has long sparked philosophical and scientific deb ... more  
Seeing farther into the universe with enhanced gravitational-wave detectionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 Researchers at Louisiana State University have unveiled a promising method to refine gravitational-wave detection through optical spring tracking. This innovation may enable scientists to observe de ... more 
Quantum materials research at University of Oldenburg secures ERC GrantBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 Physicist Prof. Dr. Christian Schneider from the University of Oldenburg has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for his work on two-dimensional (2D) materials ... more |
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