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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing for a unique task during upcoming spacewalks-collecting microbiological samples from the station's exterior. This activity is part of the ISS External Microorganisms experiment, designed to investigate whether microorganisms from the station's interior are vented into space, how far they can travel, and their survival capability. The sampling will focus on areas near vents connected to the life support systems. The findings coul ... read more |
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Getting the most out of cosmic mapsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 A University of Michigan-led research initiative is paving the way for cosmology to fully utilize the capabilities of telescopes and instruments tackling the universe's biggest questions. The ... more  
Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into questionBerkeley CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of repeated bursts of intense radio waves - so-called fast r ... more 
Double the disks double the discovery new insights into planet formation in DF TauLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2025 Nestled within the star-forming Taurus constellation, a binary star system named DF Tau is revealing surprising contrasts in its circumstellar disks of dust and gas. Researchers at Lowell Observator ... more 
Troublesome cosmic megastructure 32 times the size of Milky Way discoveredParis, France (SPX) Jan 21, 2025 Astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope have identified an extraordinary giant radio galaxy (GRG) measuring 3.3 million light-years across-an astonishing 32 times the size of our Milky Wa ... more |
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New measurements turn the Hubble tension into a crisisDurham NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous - and highly debated - results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predict ... more |
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Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ste ... more 
Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expectedTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has obtained the most detailed images of a small galaxy and its surroundings, revealing features typically associated ... more 
Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmosTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A team of astronomers led by David Sand, a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, has uncovered three faint and ultra-faint dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of NGC 30 ... more 
NASA's Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien AtmospheresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission ... more |
Not all Hot Jupiters orbit soloBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Hot Jupiters, once thought to orbit alone near their stars, have been revealed to exist within more complex planetary systems. A study led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Discovery of two planets challenges planetary formation theoriesLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 The identification of two planets in the WASP-132 system by a collaborative team of astronomers from the University of Warwick and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is reshaping scientific understand ... more 
Super Venus discovery reveals new type of exoplanetTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a planet unlike any found in the Solar System. The discovery offers key insights into how planets and planetary systems form, ... more 
How Many Black Holes Are Hidden Behind Clouds of DustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Multiple NASA telescopes have contributed to a new study exploring the prevalence of supermassive black holes, focusing on those obscured by dense clouds of gas and dust. This comprehensive survey s ... more 
Penn State center awarded NASA grant to search for alien civilizationsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Researchers at the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PSETI) Center have been awarded a three-year, $480,000 grant under the NASA Exoplanets Research Program to search for radio and laser sig ... more |
DGIST unveils discovery of a one third fractional quantum stateTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Professor Youngwook Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and Professor Gilyoung Cho from the Korea Advanced Institute o ... more 
New Zealand mayor goes nuclear after Trump claims US 'split the atom'Wellington (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. ... more 
NASA celebrates Edwin Hubble's discovery of a new universeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it - the flickering star is 2.2 million li ... more 
New tools analyze Pollock paintings with 2D multifractal methodsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Analyzing variability in one-dimensional time series, such as temperature changes or exchange rates, has long benefited from multifractal methods. Now, researchers have extended these techniques to ... more |
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Gaia concludes Milky Way mapping effortsParis, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects o ... more 
Astronomers catch unprecedented features at brink of active black holeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. ... more 
Robotic SDSS telescopes revolutionize mapping the Milky WayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has launched its most advanced spectroscopic survey yet to create a detailed map of interstellar material within our Milky Way Galaxy. "Our observing robots ... more 
This quasar may have illuminated the early universeNew Haven CT (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Quasars, among the universe's oldest and most luminous entities, are formed by active galactic nuclei (AGN) powered by supermassive black holes drawing in surrounding matter. These celestial objects ... more |
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Webb observes expanding carbon-rich dust shells in star systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Astronomers have made significant progress in understanding how carbon, an element vital for life, is dispersed throughout the cosmos. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have taken ... more |
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Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscaleNew York NY (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely ... more 
XMM-Newton detects peculiar black hole X-ray patternsParis, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory has revealed unexpected X-ray oscillations emanating from the edge of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. These findings challenge existi ... more 
Hubble tracks down a 'blue lurker' among starsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star ... more 
Nano rainbows advance the light spectrum at the nanoscaleSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Since lasers emerged in 1960, nonlinear optics has sought to expand light's spectral range and generate new frequency components. Among the many techniques, supercontinuum (SC) generation is notable ... more |
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