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Nagoya University: Has a Mysterious Gamma-Ray Powerhouse Revealed Its Smoking Gun? en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/artic…
Has a mysterious gamma-ray powerhouse revealed its smoking gun? | News & Events | Nagoya University

Has a mysterious gamma-ray powerhouse revealed its smoking gun? | News & Events | Nagoya University

Stay informed about research breakthroughs, university announcements, and opportunities to engage with Nagoya University's dynamic global community.

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Yale University: Clearing the Air About Super-Earths, Sub-Neptunes — and Their Respective Atmospheres news.yale.edu/2026/10/29/cle…
Clearing the air about super-Earths, sub-Neptunes — and their respective atmospheres

Clearing the air about super-Earths, sub-Neptunes — and their respective atmospheres

Yale geophysicist Jun Korenaga and former postdoctoral researcher Darius Modirrousta-Galian suggest a new explanation for the abundance of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes outside the solar system.

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Yale University: Historic New Observatory Reveals Two Hidden Companions of the Milky Way news.yale.edu/2026/10/28/his…
Historic new observatory reveals two hidden companions of the Milky Way

Historic new observatory reveals two hidden companions of the Milky Way

A team of researchers, including Yale astronomers, have discovered two new “satellites” orbiting the Milky Way.

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria: Stolen Mass Might Shape a Star’s Sensitivity Towards Magnetic Fields ist.ac.at/en/news/grand-thef…
Grand Theft Astro

Grand Theft Astro

Magnetic fields exist in many stars, including the Sun. Yet they remain too poorly understood to be reliably included in stellar evolution models, limiting their accuracy. Now, a new study by...

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University of Arizona: An Enormous “Cat’s Tail” Tells of Cosmic Collision 63 Light-Years Away news.arizona.edu/news/enormo…

An enormous 'Cat's Tail' tells of cosmic collision 63 light-years away

Known as the "Cat's Tail," a vast cloud of dust wafting across a young star system could be the aftermath of a collision between two or more Pluto-sized bodies annihilated to microscopically small...

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Planetary Science Institute: New Study Reveals That Asteroids Near White Dwarfs Don’t Break Directly into Dust psi.edu/blog/asteroids-white…
New Study Reveals That Asteroids Near White Dwarfs Don't Break Directly into Dust - Planetary...

New Study Reveals That Asteroids Near White Dwarfs Don't Break Directly into Dust - Planetary...

SPOKANE, Wash. — When asteroids travel too close to white dwarfs, the dense remnants of stars that have exhausted their nuclear fuel, powerful gravitational

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University of Cambridge: Comets Probably Didn’t Seed Life on Earth After All, New Study Suggests ast.cam.ac.uk/news/comets-pr…
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Planetary Science Institute: JA Grier Named Chair of American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences psi.edu/blog/psis-ja-grier-n…
PSI's JA Grier Named Chair of American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences -...

PSI's JA Grier Named Chair of American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences -...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist and Senior Education and Communications Specialist JA Grier (ee/em/eir) has advanced to the

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National Solar Observatory: Scientists Find a New Way to Map the Sun’s Hidden Magnetic Field nso.edu/blog/new-way-to-map-…

Scientists Find a New Way to Map the Sun’s Hidden Magnetic Field - NSO - National Solar Observatory

NSF NSO, NSF NCAR HAO, and SwRI scientists have demonstrated a way to map the Sun’s 3D coronal magnetic field using existing solar observations.

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National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research: Coronal Magnetic Fields in 3D news.ucar.edu/133098/coronal…
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Space Telescope Science Institute: Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, JWST science.nasa.gov/missions/hu…
Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb - NASA Science

Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb - NASA Science

NASA’s Hubble and Webb have captured a hauntingly dynamic star-forming scene, the Cat's Head Nebula located about 7,500 light-years away.

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AAS: Johannes Sahlmann Named as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 249th Meeting aas.org/press/aas-names-joha…
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National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research: A Giant Radio Galaxy … Born Again, and Again, and Again [PDF] ncra.tifr.res.in/storage/pre…
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The Ohio State University: Could Next-Gen Artificial Intelligence Help Map Out Future Space Outposts? news.osu.edu/could-next-gen-…
Could next-gen artificial intelligence help map out future space outposts?

Could next-gen artificial intelligence help map out future space outposts?

Planning a successful trip can be challenging, especially when your destination is in outer space. Even before liftoff, space missions require extraordinary amounts of scientific preparation and data...

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University of Arizona: Soft and Stretchy or Rock Solid? New Modeling Study Sheds Light on How Earth Got Its Moon news.arizona.edu/news/soft-a…

Soft and stretchy or rock solid? New modeling study sheds light on how the Earth got its moon

Historically, computer simulations modeling collisions between protoplanetary bodies have treated them largely as fluids. A new study suggests taking into account the material strength of solid...

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI): SwRI-Led Modeling Identifies New Scenarios for Moon Formation swri.org/newsroom/press-rele…
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Queen’s University Belfast: Queen’s Astronomers Study Unveils the Solar System’s Elusive Neptune Trojans qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/featu…
Queen’s astronomers study unveils the solar system’s elusive Neptune Trojans

Queen’s astronomers study unveils the solar system’s elusive Neptune Trojans

Astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast have led an international team studying new solar system bodies near Neptune, helping to unravel the mysteries of our solar system’s evolution.

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European Southern Observatory: Dead Star and Planetary Bodies: Astronomers Spot Unique Disk of Debris That Foretells Solar System’s Future eso.org/public/news/eso2613/
Dead star and planetary bodies: astronomers spot unique disc of debris that foretells Solar...

Dead star and planetary bodies: astronomers spot unique disc of debris that foretells Solar...

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have found a rare disc of debris around a dead star that provides a glimpse of what may happen to our Solar...

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University of Warwick: Astronomers Spot Unique Double Disk of Debris That Hints at Solar System’s Future warwick.ac.uk/news/pressrele…
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University of New Mexico: Research Suggests Earth May Have Formed Much of Its Water as the Planet Grew news.unm.edu/news/unm-resear…
UNM research suggests Earth may have formed much of its water as the planet grew

UNM research suggests Earth may have formed much of its water as the planet grew

Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet’s formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the young planet, according to new research published...

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