Constraining Proxima b’s atmosphere, orbit and albedo with RISTRETTO
Artist’s impression of Proxima b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish…
Scientists make big discovery on far side of the Moon not visible to us
The mysterious far side of the Moon may be significantly cooler deep within its interior than the side…
A better metric for estimating an exoplanet’s habitability
An example of remote sensing data compared to conditions on a real world. Left: The observed surface habitability…
Combination of quantum and classical computing supports early diagnosis of breast cancer
From imaging to diagnosis: experiment outline. Credit: Yasmin Rodrigues Sobrinho Quantum computing is still in its early stages…
‘They start really fighting, like grappling’
A series of studies on various animals’ behaviors all point to the same thing: hotter temperatures lead to…
Dedicated amateur discovers supernova in remote galaxy
Filipp at his laptop. Credit: Filipp Romanov. Astronomy is increasingly becoming an online affair. Recent discoveries of interstellar…
Data from dark-energy observatories indicate universe may ‘end in a big crunch’ at 33 billion years old
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates…
An invention is transforming the way scientists track genes
Professor Yunde Zhao dissects a RUBY flower of a thale cress (right, Arabidopsis thaliana), a small plant in…
Twisted graphene reveals double-dome superconductivity controlled by electric field
Superconducting phase in twisted trilayer graphene (T = 100 mK). Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03040-2 Superconductivity is…
Dark matter and dark energy may only be a cosmic illusion
Scenic View of Galaxy in Space. Credit: pexels.com For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark…
Potential smoking gun signature of supermassive dark stars found in JWST data
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced…
Key steps towards the realization of a high-precision optical clock based on Ni¹²⁺
Schematic of the components involved in the paper. Precise calculations allow to estimate the transition frequency with unprecedented…