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May 23, 2025
Tracing ancient cyanobacteria reveals early origins of circadian clocks

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 21, 2025
To shed light on the evolutionary roots of the cyanobacterial circadian clock, a Japanese research team has traced the development of timekeeping proteins from ancient bacterial ancestors. Their study focused on the oscillatory behavior of KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC proteins, comparing the mechanisms in modern cyanobacteria to those of ancestral versions. "Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadian clock to predict the light-dark environmental cycle by Earth's rotation in order to achieve efficient photos ... read more
Unveiling the secrets of planet formation in environments of high UV radiation
University Park PA (SPX) May 22, 2025
The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new study by an international collaboration led by Penn State a ... more
A rare planet may orbit brown dwarf pair at right angles
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 22, 2025
A newly identified planetary system, labeled 2M1510, may be home to one of the most unusual planetary orbits ever observed. A candidate planet appears to loop above and below the poles of a pair of ... more
Nanodevice Sheds Light on Early Cyanobacterial Evolution
London, UK (SPX) May 19, 2025
An international research team has provided fresh insights into the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis by revealing the structure of a light-harvesting nanodevice within one of the planet's most anc ... more
Webb Finds First Clear Evidence of Frozen Water in Young Star System
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025
Astronomers have long theorized that frozen water exists in the debris disks surrounding young stars, but definitive evidence has remained elusive - until now. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, ... more
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Membranes may have shaped the selection of life's building blocks
London UK (SPX) May 21, 2025
Scientists investigating the origin of life suggest that primitive membranes may have influenced which biomolecules became foundational to life. Their study examines how the earliest cell membranes ... more
Twin Star Systems May Hold Key to Planet Formation Insights
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025
Astronomers have developed a new approach to studying planet formation by focusing on "twin" binary star systems, where two stars born at the same time and place orbit each other. This fresh perspec ... more
NASA Cleanroom Microbes Reveal Survival Strategies for Space and Biotech
London, UK (SPX) May 13, 2025
Researchers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and institutes across India and Saudi Arabia have discovered 26 new bacterial species ... more
Plato nears final camera installation for exoplanet hunt
Paris, France (SPX) May 12, 2025
The assembly of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Plato mission is making significant strides, with 24 of the 26 planned cameras now integrated into the spacecraft. Once operational in space, Plato ... more
NASA's Webb Lifts Veil on Common but Mysterious Type of Exoplanet
Washington DC (SPX) May 06, 2025
Though they don't orbit around our Sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, that have been observed in our galaxy. These small, gassy planets are ... more
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The eukaryotic leap as a shift in life's genetic algorithm
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2025
A collaborative effort between researchers from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has revealed new insights into one of biology's greatest leaps in complexity: the emergence of the eukaryotic cell ... more
Super Earths Found Abundant in Distant Orbits Across the Galaxy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025
An international collaboration, including researchers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), has reported the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting ... more
Astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets common across the cosmos
Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 28, 2025
Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought, ... more
How Webb Telescope Opens New Avenues in the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is ushering in a transformative chapter in the pursuit of life beyond Earth. Although Webb was not purpose-built for life detection, its remarkable capabilities in ... more
Turning Down Starlight to Reveal Distant Worlds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025
Researchers at the University of Arizona have introduced a breakthrough coronagraph that could make previously invisible exoplanets detectable by suppressing the overwhelming light from their parent ... more
Astronomers detect exoplanet on rare perpendicular path around binary brown dwarfs

London, UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
Astronomers have identified an unusual exoplanet, 2M1510 (AB) b, which travels on a polar orbit around a unique pair of brown dwarfs. This marks the first confirmed case of a planet circling two stars at a 90-degree angle relative to their orbit, offering fresh insights into planetary dynamics in binary systems. The host objects, both classified as brown dwarfs, lie in a rare category of substellar binaries that eclipse one another as seen from Earth. Brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between lar ... read more
Big discovery reveals planet in upright orbit around brown dwarf binary
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 22, 2025
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have uncovered the first robust evidence of a planet following a polar orbit around a binary system-a configuration l ... more

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First Spectrum: Strongest biosignature signal yet found on exoplanet
London, UK (SPX) Apr 17, 2025
Astronomers have reported their most compelling evidence to date of potential biological activity on a planet beyond our solar system, though they emphasize further verification is needed. ... more
Strongest 'hints' yet of life detected on distant planet
Paris (AFP) April 17, 2025
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. ... more
Where are all the aliens?: Fermi's Paradox explained
Paris (AFP) April 17, 2025
Astronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the most promising hints yet of life on a distant planet. ... more
Scientists uncover why carbon-rich space rocks rarely reach Earth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A comprehensive international study may finally explain why carbon-rich meteorites, which are thought to contain key ingredients for life, are so rarely found on Earth despite being common in space. ... more
How alien energy patterns may reveal extraterrestrial life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Are we alone in the cosmos? The search for extraterrestrial life has long captivated scientists, but a new theoretical approach suggests we might be looking in the wrong place. Mikhail Tikhonov, ass ... more
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