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May 04, 2026
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
Berlin (SPX) May 04, 2026

The DAMPE space telescope has identified a universal feature in the energy spectra of cosmic ray nuclei - from protons to iron - that strongly favors rigidity-dependent models of cosmic ray accele ... more


TIME AND SPACE
Oxford Physicists Reach Fourth-Order Quantum Squeezing With Trapped Ion
London, UK (SPX) May 04, 2026

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new class of quantum interaction using a single trapped ion, achieving for the first time a fourth-order effect called quadsqueezing. The ... more

EXO WORLDS
Sub-Neptunes Vanish Around Red Dwarf Stars in McMaster Exoplanet Survey
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) May 04, 2026

A new study from McMaster University has found that sub-Neptunes - the most common class of planet around Sun-like stars - are nearly absent around mid-to-late M dwarf stars, the most numerous type ... more

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NASA unveils new space telescope to give 'atlas of the universe'
United States (AFP) April 22, 2026

NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swathes of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. ... more

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UCLA Team Builds Programmable RNA Organelles Inside Living Cells
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) ) May 01, 2026

Researchers at UCLA have developed a method to construct programmable artificial organelles inside living cells using RNA as both the structural material and the assembly blueprint, an advance they ... more


TIME AND SPACE
UMD Physicists Find Crystal Symmetry Controls Nuclear Spin States of Molecular Hydrogen
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) May 01, 2026

Chemical physicists at the University of Maryland have demonstrated that the nuclear spin states of molecular hydrogen can be controlled simply by freezing it inside dry-ice crystals - no magnetic f ... more

SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager 1 Loses Another Instrument As Power Margins Shrink Across Interstellar Space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent commands on April 17 to shut down the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, known as the LECP, aboard Voyager 1. The move ... more

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Butterfly Wing Pattern Emerges From Hundreds of Fractional Quantum Hall States in Ultra-Cold Magnetic Fields
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026

Technological advances in confining electrons to two dimensions opened the door to observing the quantum Hall effect under high magnetic fields. In low-temperature electrical transport measurements, ... more

TIME AND SPACE
Astronomers Open 2.5 Petabyte FLAMINGO Simulation Archive to Global Research
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 29, 2026

An international team of astrophysicists led by researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands has publicly released one of the largest cosmological simulation datasets ever produced. The archi ... more


TIME AND SPACE
Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies May Carry Echoes of the Earliest Universe
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2026

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies - tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way - have long been viewed as cosmic fossils. A new study by researchers at the Oskar Klein Centre and the LYRA collaboration ... more

EXO WORLDS
JWST reveals water-ice clouds on a cold Jupiter-mass world
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has found evidence for water-ice clouds on a Jupiter-like exoplanet called Epsilon Indi Ab, using the ... more

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SETI Institute Launches Lab to Study Human Dimensions of Finding Life Beyond Earth
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

The SETI Institute has announced the launch of the Discovery and Futures Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to understanding the global scientific, philosophical, and societal dimensi ... more

TIME AND SPACE
Brown University Physicists Propose Topology of Space-Time as Solution to Cosmological Constant Puzzle
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

Researchers at Brown University have proposed a new answer to one of the most enduring and confounding problems in modern physics - why the observed value of the cosmological constant is so vastly s ... more


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Plato clears major vacuum and thermal trials ahead of 2027 launch
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

The European Space Agency's Plato mission has completed a demanding series of tests in space-like conditions, clearing an important milestone as the spacecraft moves toward a planned launch in Janua ... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Simulation Study Links Milky Way Satellite Galaxies to Conditions at the Dawn of Time
London, UK (SPX) Apr 23, 2026

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies - tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way - have long been seen as cosmic fossils. A new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society uses a ... more

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Tectonic cycling may return buried seafloor microbes to life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2026

Tectonic activity in subduction zones may act as a pump that carries long-buried subseafloor microbes back toward the seafloor, according to research presented at the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting. ... more

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Giant Magellan Telescope and Coquimbo Region Forge Strategic Partnership to Build Chile Astronomy Hub
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2026

The Giant Magellan Telescope and the Coquimbo Regional Government have announced a strategic collaboration to advance Chile's astronomy industry, drive regional economic growth, and position the Coq ... more


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Undergraduate Students Build Axion Detector and Set New Dark Matter Limits with Minimal Resources
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2026

A group of then-undergraduate students from the University of Hamburg has built a small-scale cavity detector to search for axions - among the most promising candidates for dark matter - and set new ... more

TIME AND SPACE
Relic Black Holes From Before the Big Bang May Still Shape Galaxies Today
London, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2026

Black holes that formed before the Big Bang could still exist today as ancient relics, potentially helping to explain the mysterious dark matter that shapes galaxies across the Universe, according t ... more

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Desert Worlds in Habitable Zones Unlikely to Support Life Without Sufficient Surface Water
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2026

Desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an Earth-sized planet needs at least 20 to 50 perc ... more

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Three-Body Exoplanet System TOI-201 Caught Changing Its Orbital Architecture in Real Time
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2026

Astronomers at the University of New Mexico have confirmed three bodies orbiting the dynamic exoplanet system TOI-201, revealing a gravitationally entangled trio whose orbital architecture is visibl ... more


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Decaying Dark Matter May Have Seeded the Earliest Supermassive Black Holes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2026

A growing mystery in astronomy is the presence of gargantuan black holes - some weighing as much as a billion suns - existing less than a billion years after the Big Bang. According to standard theo ... more

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Webb finds metal-poor atmosphere on giant world around red dwarf
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2026

Observations of the unusual exoplanet TOI-5205 b with the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the giant planet's atmosphere contains fewer heavy elements than its host star, challenging conventi ... more

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Sun like stars keep equator faster than poles for life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026

Researchers using one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers have overturned a long standing theory about how stars like the Sun rotate as they age. For more than four decades, models suggested ... more

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ALMA survey maps cold gas maze at Milky Way core
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026

Astronomers have produced the largest image ever made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), revealing an intricate web of cold molecular gas at the heart of the Milky Way. Co ... more


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