Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say
NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 was the first to excavate down and capture photos of ice, pictured here,…
Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star
The combined, background-subtracted gamma-ray lightcurve of GRBÂ 250702B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22792 On July 2, 2025, NASA’s Fermi…
Astronomers detect radio signals from a black hole tearing apart a star—outside a galactic center
Artist’s interpretation of two massive black holes (MBHs) within a galaxy. A tidal disruption event unfolds around the…
Gaia provides a deep look into the galactic open cluster NGC 2506
Proper motion density distribution of stars in the NGC 2506 field, based on Gaia DR3 data. Credit: arXiv…
A new attempt to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe
by Birgit Kinkeldey, Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) Expansion of the universe. Credit: Christian Pfeifer (AI-assisted)…
Exploring the hidden rings of the Milky Way
The MeerKAT radio telescopes. Credit: Square Kilometer Array Organization (SKAO) / South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Radio…
Researchers achieve atomic-scale control of quantum interference
Electric control of the energy detuning of a single Ti spin. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64022-9 In…
Mysterious gullies on Mars appear to have been carved by burrowing COâ‚‚ ice blocks
Mars dune with gullies in the Matara crater. The erratic course is probably due to disturbances such as…
Carbon offsets have failed for 25 years, and most should be phased out
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the…
3D-printed metamaterials harness complex geometry to dampen mechanical vibrations
This 3-D printed kagome tube can passively isolate vibrations using its complex, but deliberate, structure. Credit: James McInerney,…
Anomalous metal sheds light on ‘impossible’ state between superconductivity and insulation
(a) Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a reference device, taken before depositing the global top gate. The square…
Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen…