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Ultraviolet-Driven Atmospheric Degeneracies Challenge Conventional Biosignature Frameworks for Terrestrial Planets with Ultracool M Dwarf Hosts: An Archean-Analog TRAPPIST-1 e Case Study

June 8, 2026

Comparison of input SEDs used in this study and molecular photoabsorption cross sections relevant to Archean-analog photochemistry. The…

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May 30, 2026

Artistic representation of the interior of a diamond anvil cell. A copper-colored, multi-stage Lenz lens is placed on…

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The Unique Ability Of The Hubble Space Telescope To Characterize Young Exoplanet Environments

May 30, 2026

Modified Pass et al. (2025) Figure 2 showing an updated Cosmic Shoreline for exoplanets orbiting full convective M…

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Weighing Newborn Planets Using Their Dusty Fingerprints

May 30, 2026

Simulation of a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc, causing disc material to pile up in a ring…

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Orbital Biosignature Recon: NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

May 26, 2026

A depiction of the full product generation pipeline for a single OC instrument + TROPOSIF data stream. Each…

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Constraints On The Crystallinity Of Water Ice In Planet-forming Disks From Infrared Scattered-Light Spectra

May 24, 2026

Protoplanetary disk images (top row) and scattered-/transmitted-light spectra (bottom-left and bottom-middle) obtained from the radiative-transfer simulations, together with…

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Astrometric Exoplanet Detection Survives Solar-like Stellar Contamination

May 23, 2026

A demonstration of the limitations of the PSPT data processing pipeline, which did not process the limb uniformly…

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Boosting PI31 to restore synaptic function and prevent neurodegeneration

May 20, 2026

The protein p53 is often called the guardian of the genome for its central role in preventing cancer.…

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From Gas To Stars Along The Spiral Wave: CO, HCN, And Star Formation Variations Across The Spiral Arms In NGC 4321 And M51

May 9, 2026

Optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of the targets NGC 4321 (top) and M51 (bottom) overlaid with CO,…

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Horizontal Transport As A Source Of Disequilibrium Chemistry On The Nightside Of A Hot Exoplanet

May 3, 2026

NGTS-10 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 2.162 Jupiters, it…

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Asteroseismic Modelling Of Main-sequence Solar-like Stars And Kepler Exoplanet Host Stars With The FICO Procedure I. Catalogue Of Fundamental Stellar Properties

May 2, 2026

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of the stellar catalogue. The Sun is shown as a reference and the letters stand for…

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In The Heart Of Planetary Nebula Tc 1, A Buckyball Of Buckyballs

May 1, 2026

The planetary nebula Tc 1, as observed by JWST’s MIRI mid-infrared instrument, uses a combination of nine filters…

Ultraviolet-Driven Atmospheric Degeneracies Challenge Conventional Biosignature Frameworks for Terrestrial Planets with Ultracool M Dwarf Hosts: An Archean-Analog TRAPPIST-1 e Case Study

Breakthrough Technique Reveals Atomic Secrets of Record-Breaking Superconductors

The Unique Ability Of The Hubble Space Telescope To Characterize Young Exoplanet Environments

Weighing Newborn Planets Using Their Dusty Fingerprints

Orbital Biosignature Recon: NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

Constraints On The Crystallinity Of Water Ice In Planet-forming Disks From Infrared Scattered-Light Spectra

Astrometric Exoplanet Detection Survives Solar-like Stellar Contamination

Scientists uncover why genome guardian p53 protein is uniquely prone to collapse

From Gas To Stars Along The Spiral Wave: CO, HCN, And Star Formation Variations Across The Spiral Arms In NGC 4321 And M51

Horizontal Transport As A Source Of Disequilibrium Chemistry On The Nightside Of A Hot Exoplanet

Asteroseismic Modelling Of Main-sequence Solar-like Stars And Kepler Exoplanet Host Stars With The FICO Procedure I. Catalogue Of Fundamental Stellar Properties

In The Heart Of Planetary Nebula Tc 1, A Buckyball Of Buckyballs