A NASA spacecraft that observes the Universe in infrared has given scientists brand new information about comet 3I/ATLAS.
Discoveries at the comet include the presence of organic molecules, a dramatic change in its brightness and the detection of…
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Meteor Activity Outlook for 7-13 February 2026
Kevin Freitas shared this photo of a brilliant fireball through clouds on October 11, 2025, at 01:20 PDT (08:20 UT) from Seattle, Washington, USA. © Kevin Freitas During this period, the moon’s phase will reach its last quarter…
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The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid
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1 likesWith fewer cars on the road, planes in the air and factories running, the skies seemed cleaner during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, while there was a…
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Scientists create “supercrystal” for faster, more efficient lasers-Xinhua
MELBOURNE, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Scientists in Australia and China have developed a new “supercrystal” material that could lead to faster, smaller and more energy-efficient lasers and other light-based technologies.
The team has developed a new…
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‘This changes everything’. Scientists find ingredients for life on Earth in asteroid sample returned from space
Ribose and glucose have been detected in pristine dust samples from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully delivered a pristine piece of the early Solar System to Earth on 24 September 2023, following a seven-year journey to…
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Mars’ water mystery may have a simple ice answer
Small lakes on early Mars may have stayed liquid for decades, even though average air temperatures were far below freezing. New research suggests that cold conditions alone may not have prevented long-lasting surface water on the Red Planet.
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A star is born: Israeli team detects stellar-creation particles 400 light-years away
In a breakthrough, Israeli researchers have measured invisible particles known as cosmic rays deep inside a dust cloud 400 light-years from Earth.
The peer-reviewed study detecting these previously unobserved particles could help shed light…
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A new scan lets scientists see inside the human body in 3D color
Researchers at Caltech and USC have created a new medical imaging approach that quickly produces 3D color images showing both the physical structure of soft tissue and how blood vessels are working. The technique has already been used to image…
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Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere | MIT News
Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn’t always been the case. It wasn’t until around 2.3 billion years ago that oxygen became a permanent fixture in the atmosphere, during a pivotal…
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A superfluid freezes and breaks the rules of physics
When everyday matter is cooled, it follows a familiar path. A gas becomes a liquid, and with further cooling, that liquid turns into a solid. Quantum matter does not always follow these rules. More than a century ago, scientists discovered that…