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Study finds effect of Earth’s orbit on ancient microorganisms

Curtin University researchers studying molecular fossils or "biomarkers" from deep beneath the Chicxulub impact crater discovered evidence of how microorganisms changed in response to changes in the Earth's climate, providing clues about how the planet and life forms may respond to climate change in...

NASA’s HERMES mission passes key milestone

NASA's HERMES mission a four-tool suite to be set up outside of NASA's Moon-orbiting Gateway has passed a critical venture assessment on Jan 27, 2022. The review, Key Decision Point C, evaluated the project's preliminary layout and software plan to gain launch by its target...

Cosmic spider is the source of powerful gamma-rays

Astronomers have discovered the first example of a binary system by using the 4.1-meter SOAR Telescope in Chile. Here a star in the process of becoming a white dwarf is orbiting a neutron star. This star has just finished turning into a rapidly spinning...

Scientists discovered eccentric exoplanet

University of Bern researchers have discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star. This discovery was made by the SAINT-EX observatory in Mexico. SAINT-EX is run by the Centre for Space and Habitability (CSH). "Red dwarfs" are smaller and cooler than our Sun. Around...

Three-body problem has a drunken solution

One of the oldest problems in physics is the three-body problem. It deals with the motions of three bodies and how their orbits change and evolve because of their mutual gravity. This problem is in focus since the time of Newton. When two massive objects...