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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).
The first true sugar found in interstellar space may explain how key ingredients for early life reached young planets.
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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
CPT symmetry states that the laws of physics stay the same when electric charge, spatial coordinates, and the direction of time are all reversed simultaneously.
SpaceMirror universe where time runs backwards could help explain dark matter, antimatter and neutrinosJoseph Shavit
New research finds some small primates face birth canal constraints as severe as, or greater than, those seen in humans.
HealthNew study challenges a long-held assumption about human childbirthMac Oliveau
Metabolic differences may explain why clams survived the Great Dying while brachiopods and sea lilies suffered devastating losses.
DiscoveriesScientists finally confirm the cause of Earth’s greatest mass extinctionJoseph Shavit
Scientists find Earth stayed cooler than expected for millions of years, highlighting risks of modern climate change.
Green ImpactEarth may be hotter today than at any time in the last 540 million yearsJoshua Shavit
Sniffing chocolate before and between sets of weightlifting quietly added reps without making the effort feel harder.
HealthSmelling chocolate before lifting weights could make your workout easierAmyn Bhai
A new study reveals that slow mantle waves pushed East Antarctica skyward over 100 million years, building the high terrain that triggered glaciation 34 million years ago.
Green ImpactWhy Antarctica turned into an ice world millions of years before the ArcticRebecca Shavit
The GEO Polar images are generated from a vantage point above the north pole, showing the concentrations of satellites in LEO and in the ring-like geosynchronous region.
SpaceAstronomers are finding space junk too small to track, and it’s getting dangerousJoseph Shavit
New radio maps of the Orion Nebula reveal unknown expanding shells and cavities, while cutting the estimated mass of its surrounding shell nearly tenfold.
SpaceRadio observations reveal once hidden structures around the Orion NebulaJoseph Shavit
DiscoveriesAncient fossil may reveal first-ever ‘right-handedness’ in the animal kingdomJoshua Shavit
New tools reveal which molecules can cross tuberculosis bacteria’s tough outer membrane, helping speed the hunt for better drugs.
HealthPAC-MAN and AI join forces to fight the world’s deadliest infectionShy Cohen
A new gel-based therapy coats the esophagus and delivers drugs directly to tissue, offering safer and more effective treatment options.
HealthNew MIT gel could revolutionize treatment for esophageal diseasesHannah Shavit-Weiner
ALMA found two hot molecular cores inside a supernova remnant, with organic chemistry that appears surprisingly intact.
SpaceOrganic molecules can survive violent supernova explosions – fueling star and planet formationJoseph Shavit
Severe drought in Samoa and Tonga may have helped trigger Polynesia’s rapid eastward migration, new climate evidence suggests.
Green ImpactThe real story behind Moana: Why Polynesians suddenly sailed eastRebecca Shavit