Water Vapor Detected on “Super Neptune” Exoplanet
Illustration of a “super Neptune,” TOI-674 b, with an atmosphere that, according to a recent study, includes water vapor. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The discovery: Water vapor...
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These Newly-Discovered Planets Are Doomed
Artist’s rendition of what a planetary system similar to TOI-2337b, TOI-4329b, and TOI- 2669b might look like, where a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet orbits an evolved,...
Mega Iceberg – One of the Largest on Record – Released 150 Billion Tons of Freshwater Near Island
A-68A’s position on December 17, 2020. Credit: British Antarctic Survey/ESA In July 2017, a giant iceberg, named A-68, snapped off Antarctica’s Larsen-C ice shelf and...
Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Generate Strong Antibody Responses
The number of exposures to the coronavirus spike protein, through infection or vaccination, influences the degree of antibody response. Credit: Veesler Lab People vaccinated three...
MIT Startup Exchange Program: Creating Powerful Synergies
Industry executives take part in an MIT Startup Exchange demonstration and pitch event. Credit: Photo courtesy of the MIT Startup Exchange A program within WITH...
NASA Mars Perseverance Rover: Ejecting Martian Pebbles
Before and After Perseverance Sample Tube Shake: An animated GIF depicts the Martian surface below the Perseverance rover, showing the results of the January 15,...
Filament of Hydrogen 3,900 Light-Years Long
Artist’s conception of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi Roughly 13.8 billion years ago, our Universe was born in a massive explosion that...
Ancient Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of Origins of Earth’s Water
Meteorites on their way to Earth and breaking through the atmosphere. Credit: Elements of this image furnished by NASA- earthmap for 3Drender; courtesy University of...
A Stellar Merger’s Astrophysical Evolution in the “Blink of an Eye”
SOFIA FORCAST measurements (orange) of the V838 Mon spectrum, and the best-fit composite model of SOFIA data with a silicate-to-alumina ratio of 50:50 (yellow), overlaid...
Quantum Physicists Find Paradoxical Material a Mashup of Three Different Phases at Once – “This Is Uncharted Territory”
Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation ‘Geometric frustration’ can cause the electrons in materials with atoms arranged in a triangular pattern to organize in three competing ways...