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Scientists make stunning discovery that could help explain why life exists

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261009025602.htm

Published: October 11, 2026 12:35

Scientists have discovered that the universe's fundamental physical constants may be finely balanced to make life possible. Even tiny changes to these constants could make liquids too thick or too thin for essential biological processes, potentially…

NASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008102707.htm

Published: October 11, 2026 11:30

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock abundant on the lunar surface, the formation dates back at…

Scientists build a nuclear clock that could make atomic clocks obsolete

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Published: October 10, 2026 23:06

Scientists in Vienna have achieved a major breakthrough in timekeeping by creating the world’s first self-stabilizing nuclear clock, a technology that could eventually surpass even the most precise atomic clocks. Instead of relying on electrons in atoms,…

MIT astronomers catch a star in a feast that could last billions of years

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008005240.htm

Published: October 10, 2026 14:56

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre star system about 300 light-years from Earth where a small star is slowly devouring a nearby brown dwarf, an object too massive to be a planet but too small to be a true star. Unlike stars that rapidly swallow their…

Hubble Space Telescope may have found a planet born after its star died

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Published: October 9, 2026 13:31

A strange chemical signature in old Hubble observations may point to a planet that formed after its star had already died. Astronomers found unusually high levels of niobium around the white dwarf HS 0209+0832, suggesting some of the star’s expelled…

A 9-billion-year-old signal could help explain dark energy

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261007042102.htm

Published: October 9, 2026 04:53

A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited way to map the distant universe can actually work. CHIME can use this hydrogen signal to trace how matter…

NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008232629.htm

Published: October 8, 2026 23:56

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts have returned to Earth after 237 days in space, traveling more than 100 million miles and completing over 3,792 orbits while conducting research to prepare for future missions to the Moon and Mars. The mission also made…

October’s night sky is full of cosmic tricks and treats

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Published: October 8, 2026 22:37

October’s skies are packed with celestial surprises, from Jupiter disappearing behind the Moon to two meteor showers lighting up the darkness. NASA highlights four must-see events, including shooting stars from Halley’s Comet and a glowing Hunter’s Moon…

NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008005247.htm

Published: October 8, 2026 08:19

NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover hidden ice, and track dangerous conditions on the lunar surface. The findings could reveal how astronauts can survive and thrive on…

Einstein Probe reveals a hidden phase of neutron star collisions

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261006234511.htm

Published: October 8, 2026 06:06

Einstein Probe revealed nearly 10 minutes of soft X-ray activity following a short gamma-ray burst, exposing a phase of neutron star mergers that previous missions may have missed. The prolonged emission could have been powered by a newly formed magnetar…

NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261007042108.htm

Published: October 7, 2026 09:09

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a glimpse of the kinds of violent collisions that may have shaped our own solar system, including the giant impact thought to have created the Moon. By studying 21 rare “extreme debris disks” around…

Webb finds a surprising atmosphere on a scorching lava world

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071526.htm

Published: October 7, 2026 07:58

The James Webb Space Telescope has found strong evidence that the rocky lava world HD 3167 b has an atmosphere, despite circling its star every 24 hours under extreme heat. The surprising discovery could help scientists understand how rocky planets retain…

Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it

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Published: October 7, 2026 07:30

Earth’s center of mass is constantly on the move, shifting by a few millimeters as enormous amounts of water, ice, and even air migrate around the planet with the seasons. NASA scientists have developed a more precise way to track these tiny swings using…

Physicists just saw quarks make waves in the Big Bang’s primordial soup

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261004002556.htm

Published: October 6, 2026 08:04

Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have captured the clearest evidence yet that quark-gluon plasma, the scorching-hot matter that filled the newborn universe, behaves like a true liquid. By tracking individual quarks as they blasted through the…

Don't miss: Watch Saturn shine and Halley’s Comet debris streak across the sky

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071523.htm

Published: October 5, 2026 07:59

October skywatchers can see Saturn at opposition, catch meteors from Halley’s Comet during the Orionid peak, and watch the Moon sweep past the famous Pleiades star cluster. Moonlight may obscure some Orionids, but the best viewing should come before dawn…

This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261003234013.htm

Published: October 5, 2026 00:47

NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras, researchers will search beneath the lunar surface and estimate…