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This artist’s concept shows the exoplanet LHS 1140 b surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere, while another rocky planet orbits the same cool red dwarf star in the background.
A rocky world near Earth appears to have kept its atmosphere for billions of years, despite radiation from its red dwarf star.
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Audience travel could produce 82 percent of emissions linked to the expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Green ImpactThe 2026 FIFA World Cup could emit as much carbon as an entire countryAmyn Bhai
An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows dusty filaments surrounding the center of the galaxy.
SpaceJWST reveals how a supermassive black hole keeps feeding itselfJoseph Shavit
The Qumran 364-day calendar may have divided the sect from Jerusalem before seasonal drift and political change ended its use.
DiscoveriesThe 364-day Qumran calendar may solve an ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mysteryRebecca Shavit
Space launch costs could fall 93% by 2040, making orbital research, manufacturing and tourism far more affordable.
SpaceSpace launch costs could fall 93% by 2040, opening orbit to new industriesJoshua Shavit
Researchers at MIT created a new kind of hydrogel, a soft, water-rich material that behaves much like conventional hydrogels but also allows air to move through it.
InnovationsNew hydrogel could transform wearable medical devicesRebecca Shavit
A cross-section of a bristle worm jaw sample with the indentation testing sites labeled 1 to 11.
DiscoveriesBio-metals: Ancient sea worms hold the secret to a strange new class of materialsMac Oliveau
New research shows that muscle proteins evolved in diverse ways across species, challenging long-held assumptions about how animals move.
DiscoveriesScientists discover a hidden molecular secret behind animal evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
An artist impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion peeking out from behind. The diameters of the two stars are shown to scale
SpaceAstronomers discover four nearby white dwarfs hiding in plain sightJoshua Shavit
For decades, astronomers have predicted that the Milky Way will eventually collide with its nearest large galactic neighbor, Andromeda.
SpaceNew findings revise the Milky Way-Andromeda collision odds into a cosmic coin tossJoseph Shavit
A new study shows stagecoach travel in early England was crowded, uncomfortable, and often caused motion sickness.
DiscoveriesMotion sickness has plagued travelers for hundreds of yearsJoshua Shavit
RMIT researchers used high-frequency sound waves to create crystal coatings on living plant leaves without heat or damage.
Green ImpactScientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on cropsRebecca Shavit
A new study finds tomato-soy juice may lower key inflammation markers, offering promise as a simple diet-based health intervention.
HealthTomato-soy juice study shows promise in reducing inflammationHannah Shavit-Weiner
Composite image from the Galactic Center. Green and yellow: 8 µm and 24 µm emission observed with Spitzer (Churchwell et al. 2009; Carey et al. 2009). Red: 20 cm emission imaged with MeerKAT (Heywood et al. 2019, 2022) and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT; Law et al. 2008).
SpaceSugar found in interstellar space may have seeded life on EarthJoshua Shavit
MIT-led physicists built a model to search for dark matter traces in gravitational waves. One black hole merger event, GW190728, fits the pattern of a collision inside a dense scalar cloud.
SpaceStrange gravitational waves may reveal dark matter near merging black holesJoseph Shavit
Researchers reveal that hair follicle patterns emerge from simple cell interactions, offering new insight into development.
DiscoveriesScientists discover how natural hair patterns form without a blueprintMac Oliveau
A sign-changing dark energy model moves Hubble estimates closer, but rigorous tests show the cosmological tension remains.
SpaceDark energy reversal cannot close the universe’s expansion gap