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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 New insights into the extreme atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot Neptune, have emerged from observations conducted using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Led by Louis-Philippe Coulombe, a graduate researcher at Universite de Montreal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx), the study sheds light on the planet's unique weather patterns and atmospheric composition. Published in Nature Astronomy, the research reveals that LTT 9779 b, which orbits its star in under 24 hour ... read more |
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The Galactic Voyage of Our Solar SystemBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has determined that our Solar System journeyed through the Orion star-forming complex, a key structure within the Radcliffe Wav ... more 
UAH team determine local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurementsHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have pioneered the use of gravitational acceleration ... more  
What Hundreds of Millions of Galaxies Can Teach Us About the Big BangPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Soon, a new cone-shaped spacecraft will launch into space on a mission to chart the skies like never before. Called SPHEREx (for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reioniza ... more 
First 3D Atmospheric Mapping of an Exoplanet Reveals Extreme Weather PatternsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 For the first time, astronomers have mapped the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere, uncovering extreme weather conditions driven by powerful jet streams. By utilizing the full ... more |
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Ultra-low-noise Infrared Detectors Advance Exoplanet ImagingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 One of the foremost objectives in astrophysics is the identification of Earth-like exoplanets that could potentially support life. Although thousands of exoplanets have been detected, most of these ... more |
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Einstein Probe captures elusive X-ray pairParis, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The Einstein Probe satellite, utilizing its innovative lobster-eye X-ray optics, has detected a rare cosmic phenomenon-an intense X-ray burst from an unusual binary star system. This discovery highl ... more 
Researchers confirm existence of habitable zone exoplanetLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 An international team of astronomers has validated the discovery of a super-Earth positioned within the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. Initially detected two years ago by Oxford Universit ... more 
University of Barcelona team theorizes singularity-free black holes through gravitational effectsMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Traditional models of black holes, as predicted by Einstein's General Relativity, feature singularities-regions where physical laws cease to function. Understanding how these singularities might be ... more 
Brown astronomers develop innovative method to filter interference in radio telescopesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Astronomers analyzing data from the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia, encountered an unexpected anomaly. Instead of deep-space radio signals from over 13 billion yea ... more |
NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory's 'Exoskeleton'Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's deployable aperture cover - a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light from entering the tele ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Redwire Secures ESA Contract to Develop Next Dark Matter Mission ConceptLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leading provider of space infrastructure solutions, has been awarded a study contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an initial spacecraft design fo ... more 
How Early Earth's Environmental Cycles Shaped Molecular EvolutionParis, France (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A recent study has uncovered how environmental fluctuations on early Earth influenced the formation of complex chemical mixtures, offering insights into the prebiotic chemistry that may have led to ... more 
Study suggests intelligent life may be inevitableLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A new study challenges the long-held belief that intelligent life is a rare cosmic accident, proposing instead that humanity's emergence was a predictable outcome of Earth's evolving environment. Th ... more 
Efforts to find ET gains momentum with new technique that detects microbial movementBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 The search for life beyond Earth is among the most ambitious scientific quests. One promising method is to locate motile microorganisms, capable of self-propelled movement, which serves as a strong ... more |
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester ProtocellsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A leading hypothesis about the origins of life suggests that simple chemical compounds gradually evolved into complex structures, ultimately giving rise to protocells-primitive precursors to living ... more 
Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility TestBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 The search for extraterrestrial life remains one of humanity's most ambitious scientific pursuits. A promising approach to identifying life is through detecting motile microorganisms, which demonstr ... more 
Illuminating the Inner Workings of the ProtonSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 A team of scientists has successfully mapped the intricate forces at play inside a proton, revealing with unprecedented precision how quarks-its fundamental components-react when exposed to high-ene ... more 
Greetings from the Fourth DimensionParis, France (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 In April 1982, Professor Dan Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology made a groundbreaking discovery that would later earn him the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: the quasiperiodic c ... more |
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From photons to protons Argonne scientists advance high-energy particle detectionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 Particle detectors are essential tools in the quest to understand the fundamental components of the universe. They enable scientists to examine the behavior and properties of high-energy particles g ... more 
MSU scientists discover new sources for 'the molecule that made the universe'East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 From helping catalyze interstellar reactions and fueling the birth of stars to its presence in neighborhood gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter, trihydrogen, or H3+, is best known as the "the molecul ... more 
New Findings on Atomic Nucleus Structure and Potential Dark ForcesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 For nearly a century, scientists have observed that a significant portion of the universe's matter consists of mysterious dark matter, which interacts with visible matter primarily through gravity. ... more 
Physicists detect signs of dual time arrows emerging from quantum interactionsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Could time flow in both directions rather than just moving forward? A groundbreaking study from the University of Surrey suggests that under certain quantum conditions, time may not be as rigid as i ... more |
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Quantum State of Ejected Electrons Measured for the First TimeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 For the first time, scientists have successfully measured the quantum state of electrons released from atoms following exposure to high-energy light pulses. This breakthrough, achieved through a nov ... more |
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Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Rome, Italy (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 "The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility," says James Adam, an astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author o ... more 
Flickering Light Show: Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Emits Continuous FlaresLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is proving to be a relentless source of cosmic activity, continuously producing bursts of light with no apparent pattern, according t ... more 
Mystery Surrounds Newly Discovered Cosmic Explosion Hidden for YearsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 A powerful cosmic explosion from an unidentified object beyond our galaxy has intrigued astronomers after being unearthed in decades-old data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This extraordinar ... more 
UC Irvine study explores habitability of exoplanets orbiting white dwarf starsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A recent study led by Aomawa Shields, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, suggests that exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars could be more habitabl ... more |
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