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NASA shares Hubble and Webb views of the Cat’s Head region for Halloween

The Cat’s Head nickname refers to a small area within the Carina Nebula; Webb’s infrared views accompany Hubble’s visible-light image.

12 Sources, 10d ago, first seen 10d ago

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3D maps suggest much of the interstellar medium is unstable

Quanta Magazine reports that the maps challenge a model of atomic gas settling into stable cold or warm states.

2 Sources, 11d ago, first seen 11d ago

A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy | Quanta Magazine

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NASA seeks industry input on possible Hubble orbit boost, servicing or controlled reentry

NASA’s Goddard notice asks about companies’ capabilities, not proposals for a committed mission.

9 Sources, 11d ago, updated 11d ago

The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above Earth.

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Rubin Observatory spots possible dwarf planet beyond Neptune

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory estimates 2026 ED138 at 600 to 1,500 kilometers across; infrared observations are needed.

60 Sources, 6d ago, updated 6d ago

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Longfin squid study examines nearly 8,000 edited sites across more than 2,000 proteins

ScienceAlert reports that a UCSF-led team compared RNA editing in the squid's optic lobe and gills.

2 Sources, 17d ago, updated 17d ago

Squid Are Even More Alien-Like Than We Thought, With an Unmatched Ability to Change Genetic Expression

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ESA's OASIS lunar service station aims to support years of science on the Moon

ESA says OASIS is designed to provide at least 75 W by day and 15 W during lunar nights.

3 Sources, 22d ago, first seen 22d ago

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Unprecedented Mitochondrial Protein Atlas Reveals 8,619 Proteins Across the Eukaryotic Tree

Nature reports researchers mapped mitochondrial proteins in six organisms; about 43% of the catalog's 3,199 families are unrecorded in Pfam.

4 Sources, 22d ago, first seen 22d ago

Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life

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Arctic winter sea ice likely to shrink about 1 million square kilometers more than projected

Phys.org reports the projection draws on clues from a warmer Arctic 6,000 years ago.

2 Sources, 22d ago, updated 22d ago

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First documented green star: White dwarf WD J1330+6435 has a greenish spectrum

A post citing Live Science links the white dwarf's greenish color to calcium, lithium and sodium.

40 Sources, 18d ago, updated 18d ago

Astronomers studying white dwarf stars have made a stunning discovery — the first star that appears green to the human eye.

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Quantum simulation demonstrates Aharonov-Bohm effect using trapped-ion hybrid architecture

Phys.org reports magnetic flux completely halted matter tunneling in the simulation; a separate post describes Oxford's trapped-ion setup.

1 Source, 31d ago, first seen 31d ago

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Ten rubidium-87 atoms model Schwinger pair creation in a 1D lattice

A science-news post citing Physics 19 says two atoms on every other lattice site represent a false vacuum.

1 Source, 38d ago, first seen 38d ago

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An internal clock may explain why a fly-killing fungus kills at sunset

Science News describes a decades-old mystery: infected flies die at sunset, no matter when the fungus infects them.

2 Sources, 39d ago, first seen 39d ago

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A meteorite’s magnetic record offers clues to the early solar system

Science News reports that scientists read a meteorite’s magnetic record dating to before the sun fully formed.

7 Sources, 38d ago, updated 38d ago

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Combined ATLAS–CMS Higgs-pair searches reportedly constrain Higgs self-interaction

A science news account sharing a Physical Review Letters post reports a 95% confidence upper limit on Higgs-pair production of 2.5 times the Standard Model prediction.

2 Sources, 44d ago, first seen 44d ago

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Radio waves reportedly traced directly to exoplanet Beta Pictoris b for the first time

LatestLY reports that South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope recorded natural radio signals from the gas giant, about 63 light-years away. The signals match auroral emissions linked to its magnetic field.

17 Sources, 40d ago, updated 40d ago

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Swift Observatory reportedly returns to watching for cosmic outbursts

A post says the 20-year-old observatory can still rapidly turn its X-ray and ultraviolet/optical telescopes toward a gamma-ray flare.

1 Source, 45d ago, first seen 45d ago

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California ‘fire amoeba’ reportedly reproduces at up to 63°C

Andina, citing a NASA study, reports that the hot-spring amoeba has set a heat-tolerance record among eukaryotes—organisms whose cells have a nucleus.

4 Sources, 46d ago, updated 46d ago

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Claude reportedly finds a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like DNA repeats

Anthropic says the system’s function and potential medical uses remain unknown. It calls the finding the first result from its new molecular biology lab, where human scientists perform all lab work.

45 Sources, 46d ago, updated 46d ago

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Tabletop water vortex reportedly gives first direct look at a Kelvin-wave turbulence cascade

A science post describes Kelvin waves as tiny helical ripples along superfluid vortices—predicted for decades but difficult to observe.

1 Source, 50d ago, first seen 50d ago

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Electrically controllable superconducting memory in UTe₂

Nature reports on a superconducting memory effect in UTe₂. A science-news account sharing the paper says current pulses switch between states that hold for hours.

1 Source, 50d ago, first seen 50d ago

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NASA shares Hubble and Webb views of the Cat’s Head region for Halloween

3D maps suggest much of the interstellar medium is unstable

NASA seeks industry input on possible Hubble orbit boost, servicing or controlled reentry

Rubin Observatory spots possible dwarf planet beyond Neptune

Longfin squid study examines nearly 8,000 edited sites across more than 2,000 proteins

ESA's OASIS lunar service station aims to support years of science on the Moon

Unprecedented Mitochondrial Protein Atlas Reveals 8,619 Proteins Across the Eukaryotic Tree

Arctic winter sea ice likely to shrink about 1 million square kilometers more than projected

First documented green star: White dwarf WD J1330+6435 has a greenish spectrum

Quantum simulation demonstrates Aharonov-Bohm effect using trapped-ion hybrid architecture

Ten rubidium-87 atoms model Schwinger pair creation in a 1D lattice

An internal clock may explain why a fly-killing fungus kills at sunset

A meteorite’s magnetic record offers clues to the early solar system

Combined ATLAS–CMS Higgs-pair searches reportedly constrain Higgs self-interaction

Radio waves reportedly traced directly to exoplanet Beta Pictoris b for the first time

Swift Observatory reportedly returns to watching for cosmic outbursts

California ‘fire amoeba’ reportedly reproduces at up to 63°C

Claude reportedly finds a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like DNA repeats

Tabletop water vortex reportedly gives first direct look at a Kelvin-wave turbulence cascade

Electrically controllable superconducting memory in UTe₂

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NASA shares Hubble and Webb views of the Cat’s Head region for Halloween

3D maps suggest much of the interstellar medium is unstable

NASA seeks industry input on possible Hubble orbit boost, servicing or controlled reentry

Rubin Observatory spots possible dwarf planet beyond Neptune

Longfin squid study examines nearly 8,000 edited sites across more than 2,000 proteins

ESA's OASIS lunar service station aims to support years of science on the Moon

Unprecedented Mitochondrial Protein Atlas Reveals 8,619 Proteins Across the Eukaryotic Tree

Arctic winter sea ice likely to shrink about 1 million square kilometers more than projected

First documented green star: White dwarf WD J1330+6435 has a greenish spectrum

Quantum simulation demonstrates Aharonov-Bohm effect using trapped-ion hybrid architecture

Ten rubidium-87 atoms model Schwinger pair creation in a 1D lattice

An internal clock may explain why a fly-killing fungus kills at sunset

A meteorite’s magnetic record offers clues to the early solar system

Combined ATLAS–CMS Higgs-pair searches reportedly constrain Higgs self-interaction

Radio waves reportedly traced directly to exoplanet Beta Pictoris b for the first time

Swift Observatory reportedly returns to watching for cosmic outbursts

California ‘fire amoeba’ reportedly reproduces at up to 63°C

Claude reportedly finds a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like DNA repeats

Tabletop water vortex reportedly gives first direct look at a Kelvin-wave turbulence cascade

Electrically controllable superconducting memory in UTe₂