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Desert lichen offers new evidence for the possibility of life on other planets
Jun 26, 2025 (SPX)
Published June 12th in Astrobiology, the new research demonstrated that lichen found in the Mojave Desert survived for 3 months under levels of solar radiation ...
Shaping of rocky planets traced to final stages of formation
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
Rocky planets form from a disk of dust and gas surrounding young stars. During this process, small rocky bodies merge into planetesimals and then into full-size...
Fish biofluorescence evolved independently over 100 times in evolutionary history
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
Published in Nature Communications and PLOS One, the studies reveal that biofluorescent marine fishes exhibit a far broader range of colors than previously docu...
SkyMapper and SETI launch real time global astronomy data network
Jun 23, 2025 (SPX)
The initiative will allow sky-observing stations and telescopes, including the SETI Institute's LaserSETI, CAMS, and Unistellar programs, to receive and respond...
ALMA maps evolution of planet-forming gas disks over millions of years
Jun 16, 2025 (SPX)
Through AGE-PRO, astronomers studied 30 disks around Sun-like stars to measure gas content at varying evolutionary phases. Their analysis confirmed that gas and...
Discovery of giant planet orbiting tiny star challenges theories on planet formation
Jun 11, 2025 (SPX)
However, as published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of astronomers have found the unmistakable signature of a giant planet, called TOI-6894b, orbit...
Silicate clouds discovered in atmosphere of distant exoplanet
Jun 11, 2025 (SPX)
In broader terms, understanding how the "YSES-1" super-solar system formed offers further insight into the origins of our own solar system, and gives us the opp...
Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
Jun 04, 2025 (AFP)
Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs like TOI-6894, which has only 20 percent the mass of our Sun. It had not been thought possible that ...
How does life rebound from mass extinctions
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs has revealed unexpected patterns that counter our pre...
Super-Earth discovered in habitable zone of Sun-like star via TTV technique, paving way for 'Earth 2.0' searches
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
In pursuing this exploration, an international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with collaborators,...
Space pebbles and rocks play pivotal role in giant planet's formation
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the atmosphere of WASP-121b, researchers successfully detected water (H2O), carbon monoxide (CO), and sil...
How chaotic planet formation may explain wide-orbit worlds like Planet Nine
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
Using thousands of simulations, the research team demonstrated that wide-orbit planets can naturally emerge during a chaotic early stage of planetary system dev...
How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Orlando?
May 27, 2025 (SPX)
In Orlando, mosquitoes thrive in areas with standing water and dense vegetation, making effective mosquito control a priority for homeowners. Understanding how ...
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
May 24, 2025 (AFP)
But several recent studies looking into the same data have found that there is not enough evidence to support such lofty claims, with one scientist accusing the...
Unveiling the secrets of planet formation in environments of high UV radiation
May 22, 2025 (SPX)
"Astronomers have long sought to understand how planets form within the swirling disks of gas and dust that encircle young stars," said Bayron Portilla-Revelo, ...
A rare planet may orbit brown dwarf pair at right angles
May 22, 2025 (SPX)
Most known planetary systems, including our own, share a common trait: planets orbit in a relatively flat, disk-like alignment around their parent star's equato...
Tracing ancient cyanobacteria reveals early origins of circadian clocks
May 21, 2025 (SPX)
"Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadian clock to predict the light-dark environmental cycle by Earth's rotation in order to achieve efficient photosynthetic r...
Membranes may have shaped the selection of life's building blocks
May 21, 2025 (SPX)
Cells are defined by their membranes, which regulate what substances can enter or leave. This control is especially relevant to key molecules like the sugar com...
Nanodevice Sheds Light on Early Cyanobacterial Evolution
May 19, 2025 (SPX)
The study, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, focused on Photosystem I (PSI), a crucial protein complex that converts light into electrica...
Webb Finds First Clear Evidence of Frozen Water in Young Star System
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
The data, captured using Webb's highly sensitive Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), revealed that the icy particles are distributed alongside fine dust grain...
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