Scientists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars

An international team of astrophysicists has imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them.

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Jan. 17, 2025 ~4 min

Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a partnership between

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June 6, 2023 ~7 min


Humanity’s quest to discover the origins of life in the universe

Scientists from the University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago have founded the Origins Federation, which will

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March 8, 2023 ~5 min

Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were – and weren’t – like

Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in one of the first astrophysical studies of the period in the

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Nov. 28, 2022 ~7 min

Can cosmic inflation be ruled out?

Astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation – a point in the Universe’s infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really refer to when

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Nov. 3, 2022 ~6 min

Hubble sees new atmosphere forming on a rocky exoplanet

For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on a rocky planet

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March 11, 2021 ~6 min

Quantum projects launched to solve universe’s mysteries

Researchers will use cutting-edge quantum technologies to transform our understanding of the universe and answer key questions such as the nature of dark

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Jan. 13, 2021 ~6 min

Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding

Five researchers at the University of Cambridge have won consolidator grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding organisation

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Dec. 9, 2020 ~2 min


AI shows how hydrogen becomes a metal inside giant planets

Researchers have used a combination of AI and quantum mechanics to reveal how hydrogen gradually turns into a metal in giant planets.

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Sept. 9, 2020 ~5 min

‘Lost’ world’s rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets

The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable ‘Goldilocks zone’ in a distant solar system.

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July 21, 2020 ~4 min

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