Observations of AT 2024wpp reveal that luminous fast blue optical transients are driven by extreme stellar destruction—not supernovae
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers analyzing data from an array of telescopes, including the W. M. Keck…
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Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats
Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature’s resilience to natural disasters has long been recognized, not much is known about how organisms colonize brand-new habitats…
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Shell-shaped Bose-Einstein Condensates Advance Understanding Of Atomic And Astrophysical Fluids
Shell-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates represent a fascinating intersection of ultracold atomic physics and the study of fluids in extreme environments, offering insights relevant to astrophysical phenomena. Brendan Rhyno, from the Institute…
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Scientists Build ‘Speed Scanner’ to Test Thousands of Plant Gene Switches at Once
After developing the approach, the team demonstrated its unprecedented speed for real-world investigations. They used ENTRAP-seq to study gene regulation in a transcription activator known to mediate expression of a gene that controls…
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2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights from 2025.
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A 400-million-year-old fossil is revealing how plants grew into giants
Science newsBy James Ashworth
The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 metres tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few centimetres high.
Exactly how they got so big is uncertain, but new…
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“Monster Stars” existed in the early universe – Astronomy Magazine
- “Monster Stars” existed in the early universe Astronomy Magazine
- Astronomers find first direct evidence of “Monster Stars” from the cosmic dawn Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
- James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st evidence…
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Astronomers just watched a black hole twist spacetime
The universe has delivered a rare breakthrough for researchers chasing one of the hardest effects to catch in the night sky.
In findings reported in Science Advances, scientists describe the first observations of a spiraling swirl in spacetime…
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DNA analysis of 3,700-year-old skeleton from Italy reveals first evidence of father-daughter incest
An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals.
The team found genetic clues of this incest in the remains of a teenage boy who was…
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NASA Astronaut Lee Morin to Retire After 30 Years of Innovation
NASA astronaut and retired United States Navy Capt. Lee Morin has retired from the agency after 30 years of service. He served as a mission specialist on STS-110 and went on to oversee the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory and technology development…
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