Planetary scientists link Jupiter’s birth to Earth’s formation zone

by quasarn01 | Oct 22, 2025 | Astronomy

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, carving out rings and gaps that ultimately explain one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetary science: why many primitive meteorites formed...

Physicists unlock secrets of stellar alchemy, yielding new insights into gold’s cosmic origins

by quasarn01 | Oct 22, 2025 | Latest in Physics

You can’t have gold until a nucleus decays. The specifics of that process have been hard to pin down, but UT’s nuclear physicists have published three discoveries in one paper explaining key details. The results can help scientists come up with new models...

Satellites and space trash threaten ozone layer and space safety

by quasarn01 | Oct 22, 2025 | Astronomy

Every year, we shoot several thousand satellites and other objects out into space. When satellites die, they become space trash that threatens aerospace safety. Go to Source

Magnetically guided streamer funneling star-building material into newborn system in Perseus

by quasarn01 | Oct 22, 2025 | Astronomy

A team of astronomers led by Paulo Cortes, a scientist with the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Joint ALMA Observatory, have made a groundbreaking discovery about how young star systems grow. Go to Source

A ‘seating chart’ for atoms helps locate their positions in materials

by quasarn01 | Oct 22, 2025 | Latest in Physics

If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than the atom’s width—is comparable to an ocean wave. The light wave can dwarf an atom, missing it entirely as it passes by. This gulf in size...