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ALMA and JWST solve major star formation mystery: Space photo of the week

ALMA and JWST solve major star formation mystery: Space photo of the week

Quick facts What it is: HH 211, a baby star erupting with gargantuan energy jets Where it is: 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus. When it was shared: Sept. 17, 2025 Most events in the universe are not fully understood, including the relatively simple process of star formation. Stars form in dense clouds of cold gas and dust. …

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Hidden ‘doomed’ star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery

Hidden ‘doomed’ star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a hidden “doomed” star that could help solve a giant astrophysical mystery. The star is a massive red supergiant, which JWST snapped just before the star exploded in a fiery supernova. Massive red supergiants should, in theory, cause most supernovas, but they’re rarely observed. The latest JWST observation, described in a new …

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New species of Jurassic ‘sword dragon’ could help solve an evolutionary mystery

New species of Jurassic ‘sword dragon’ could help solve an evolutionary mystery

A nearly complete fossil skeleton found on the U.K.’s Jurassic Coast represents a newly identified species of ancient marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. The ichthyosaur, dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapsis, was likely around 10 feet (3 meters) long when it lived, according to a study published Friday (Oct. 10) in the journal Papers in Palaeontology. It had large eye sockets and …

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Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young mathematician at Cornell University named Pavel (Pasha) Galashin has found that the amplituhedron is also mysteriously connected to another completely unrelated subject: origami, the art of paper folding. …

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7 Baffling Space Mysteries We’re Dying For Scientists to Solve : ScienceAlert

7 Baffling Space Mysteries We’re Dying For Scientists to Solve : ScienceAlert

Our cosmos seems, at times, like one impossibly vast factory, just pumping out mysteries. The deeper we peer, the more we learn – but each new discovery stirs up a plethora of new puzzles to solve, like a swarm of fascinating science bees. Meanwhile, some burning questions have persisted across decades, resisting our best attempts to solve them. Here’s a …

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