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Supermassive black holes observed in the most distant ‘dying’ massive galaxies, revealing co-evolution

Using the wide-field survey capabilities of the Subaru Telescope, astronomers discovered active supermassive black holes, or quasars, in the distant universe and then studied them with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This work has revealed how galaxies and their central black holes grew 12.9 billion years ago.

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Astronomers detect a new black-widow pulsar

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new “spider” millisecond pulsar, which received designation PSR J1544−2555. The finding was presented in a research paper published September 11 on the arXivpre-print server.

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New Mars research reveals multiple episodes of habitability in Jezero Crater

New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity—each with conditions that could have supported life.

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New software tool aims to democratize access to space camera development

A powerful software tool capable of accurately modeling how cameras capture light could help democratize the development of new imaging systems for use in space.

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Engineers uncover why tiny particles form clusters in turbulent air

Tiny solid particles—like pollutants, cloud droplets and medicine powders—form highly concentrated clusters in turbulent environments like smokestacks, clouds and pharmaceutical mixers.

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MicroBooNE detector excludes electron neutrino cause of MiniBooNE anomaly

A recent Physical Review Letters publication presents a thorough analysis of MicroBooNE detector data, investigating the anomalous surplus of neutrino-like events detected by the preceding MiniBooNE experiment.

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Universal scheme efficiently generates arbitrary two-qubit gates in superconducting quantum processors

The operation of quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, relies on the implementation of quantum logic gates. These are essentially operations that manipulate qubits, units of information that can exist in a superposition of states and can become entangled.

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Can Hayabusa2 touch down? Study reveals space mission’s target asteroid is tinier and faster than thought

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), to study the asteroid 1998 KY26, revealing it to be almost three times smaller and spinning much faster than previously thought.

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Sub-Neptune exoplanets unlikely to be water-rich ocean worlds, researchers say

An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at the University of Cambridge reported that planet K2-18b could be a marine world with a deep, global ocean teeming with life.

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Nazca Alien mummy DNA results reveal ‘mummified remains are not human’

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Sensational news regarding the mummified ‘alien’ remains discovered in a remote cave near Nazca Peru: “30 percent of this DNA is similar to the human being, but 70 percent is not.” The DNA tests were carried out by the BioTecMol laboratory,

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5 officers shot while serving warrant in Pennsylvania

Three Northern York Regional officers are in grave condition; a fourth officer and a York County deputy were also wounded

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NASA’s tally of planets outside our solar system reaches 6,000

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, so no single planet is considered the 6,000th entry. The number is monitored by NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), based at Caltech’s IPAC in […]

Some small asteroids can abruptly explode

Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report published in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal Planetarium in Canada. The team had presented their findings of an investigation into the impact of small asteroid 2023 CX1 over France in February 2023. This […]

Earth’s inner core: Nobody knows exactly what it’s made of, but now we’ve started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, it also influences plate tectonics which have continually reshaped the continents.

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Lucy’s main belt target has its features named

When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a lot of places out there that need proper names. That means the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the non-governmental body responsible for naming astronomical objects, has its work cut out for them.

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