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A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that’s in a “nearly circular” orbit around Uranus. Just six miles in diameter, our little neighbor is so small that no telescope has been powerful enough …

Scientists have discovered possible hints of an undiscovered world in the solar system—nicknamed “Planet Y”—orbiting about 100 to 200 times farther from the Sun than Earth, according to a new study.   The newly proposed planet, assuming it exists, is predicted to be somewhere between Mercury and Earth in scale, which would likely make it detectable within the next few years. …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers believe that an odd pair of merging black holes first detected in 2019 were “dancing” around a third supersized singularity that was lurking in the background. . | Credit: CNAS/SHAO Chinese astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen triple black hole system. The …

In a groundbreaking study published in Science Advances on August 20, NASA researchers unveiled new insights about the potential habitability of the dwarf planet Ceres. According to data gathered from NASA’s Dawn mission, Ceres may have had a long-lasting source of chemical energy that could have fueled microbial lifeforms billions of years ago. While there is no direct evidence of …

As a NASA spacecraft whizzed away from Earth at 40,265 mph, it took a brief moment to look over its robotic shoulder at how far it’s traveled.  Psyche, a mission and orbiter named after its space destination, is traveling to a metal-rich asteroid that orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt. While the spacecraft won’t …

The TAR-200 bladder cancer treatment – credit, Johnson & Johnson Staggering results have been reported from a clinical trial of a new delivery method for chemotherapy drugs used to treat bladder cancer. Keck Medicine of USC reports that in the majority of cases the cancer disappeared after only three months of treatment, and almost half the patients were cancer-free a …

Chinese astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen triple black hole system. The team identified this triplet, which is locked in a complex “waltz,” after spotting a hidden supermassive black hole lurking in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event first detected six years ago. In 2019, the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected a series of faint ripples …

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Planetary Science Journal has raised the possibility that asteroids Bennu, Ryugu, and Polana may all be fragments of a common parent body. The paper, titled “JWST Spectroscopy of (142) Polana: Connection to NEAs (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu”, delves into the spectral data of these three asteroids, offering insights into their shared origins. …

An object that came from outside our solar system is hurtling towards the sun at roughly 61km (38 miles) a second. First detected in July, this visitor from outer space – known as 3I/Atlas – is only the third known interstellar object to have been observed, after ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. Excitement has been growing since the …

Image by Valeria Blanc / Getty Images Researchers have come up with a potentially groundbreaking — and entirely laser-free — alternative to LASIK, a popular surgical procedure that uses high-power lasers to reshape the cornea to correct vision problems. During a meeting of the American Chemical Society, a team of scientists led by Occidental College chemistry professor Michael Hill showed …