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An artist’s impression of Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the oldest compact pair of quasars ever observed.
Two bright sources from cosmic dawn may form the closest quasar pair known from that era. Their spectra favor two black holes, with lensing still possible.
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Radio pulses spaced about eight minutes apart trace a white dwarf orbiting a Sun-like star more than 5,000 light-years away.
SpaceRadio pulses reveal a white dwarf binary system more than 5,000 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
Bright galaxies give way to dark voids in this artist’s impression of the universe’s distant future. The study estimates that white dwarfs could evaporate in about 10⁷⁸ years if a proposed process similar to Hawking radiation occurs.
SpaceThe universe will end much sooner than previously predicted, new model findsJoseph Shavit
An artist’s rendering shows a proposed atmospheric probe approaching Uranus, with Neptune at right. A future probe could measure argon isotopes to help distinguish gas inherited during planet formation from gas produced by radioactive decay in buried rock.
SpaceAncient argon may hide clues to the rocky interiors of Uranus and NeptuneJoseph Shavit
An artist’s rendering shows a wheeled rover crossing the floor of Valles Marineris, a walking robot approaching a cave and a scout flying overhead. Germany’s VaMEx project is developing technology that could help robots like these explore Mars together.
SpaceA robot swarm could explore Mars by air, on foot and undergroundJoseph Shavit
Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744), a massive galaxy cluster whose gravitational pull magnifies light from distant objects, including Abell2744-QSO1, an unusually compact and distant source from the early universe.
SpaceLittle red dots may hold the secret to the universe’s first black holesJoseph Shavit
Concept art for how a NOM4D-inspired device might autonomously construct a truss structure in space.
SpaceCaltech ASTRA robot assembles a structure in orbit for the first timeJoseph Shavit
An illustration depicts a black hole pulling matter from a nearby companion star into a swirling accretion disk, a process that can sometimes produce powerful jets of material whose triggering mechanisms remain poorly understood.
SpaceX-ray warning signs offer advance notice of black hole jet ejectionsJoseph Shavit
An artist’s impression depicts TOI-2535 b and a possible planetary companion. Gravitational interactions appear to have tilted the hot Jupiter’s orbit until its transits disappeared from Earth’s view.
SpaceA hidden giant planet may explain TOI-2535 b’s strange disappearing actJoseph Shavit
Illustration of a hypothetical giant primordial black hole surrounded by glowing gas. New research constrains such objects as a significant source of dark matter based on their predicted imprint on ancient cosmic light.
SpaceBig Bang afterglow rules out giant black holes as a major dark matter sourceJoseph Shavit
Reconstruction of an ultracold-atom experiment aboard Tiangong, where researchers used laser traps to prepare a rubidium cloud with a record-low equivalent temperature of 9.7 picokelvin.
SpaceChina’s Tiangong space station sets a record with 9.7-picokelvin quantum gasJoseph Shavit
An artist’s illustration depicts gas being pushed away from a star-forming region in the early universe, showing how radiation from young stars can clear surrounding material.
SpaceA cosmic ‘leaf blower’ could expose the universe’s earliest galaxiesJoseph Shavit
Artist’s concept of a Martian landscape with a sheltered, salt-rich crevice representing a hypothetical microbial habitat. Experiments with Earth microbes explore such possibilities, but life on Mars remains unconfirmed.
SpaceScientists find that Earth microbes can thrive in Mars-like conditionsJoseph Shavit
Artist’s impression of frost-lined fissures near Mars’ Alba Mons volcano. Localized hydrogen chloride detections suggest possible gas seepage from a dormant volcanic system, although individual vents remain unconfirmed.
SpaceMars orbiter finds hidden volcanic activity near Alba MonsJoseph Shavit
Artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope observing deep space. The new FLIP technique helps reveal faint exoplanets by removing stellar glare from Webb’s images.
SpaceNew JWST image-processing method erases the glare of stars to spot hidden exoplanetsJoseph Shavit
Artist’s visualization using the supplied detector photograph shows KM3NeT optical modules above the Mediterranean seabed. ORCA’s neutrino observations helped researchers test Lorentz invariance, a cornerstone of Einstein’s relativity.
SpaceUnderwater neutrino telescope puts Einstein’s theory of relativity to a new testJoseph Shavit
Conceptual illustration of a nuclear warhead intercepting an elongated asteroid approaching Earth. The study modeled nearby detonations rather than direct impacts.
SpaceCould a nuclear blast deflect an asteroid? The answer depends on the asteroidJoseph Shavit