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How often are stars flung out of the center of the Galaxy?

Posted on October 20, 2025October 16, 2025 by Ben Pauley

Researchers surveyed stars in the Milky Way Galaxy and found they’re only rarely ejected from the Galaxy's center.

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    Venus, from NASA/JPL
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    Could cells form in Venus’s clouds?

    Posted on October 16, 2025October 9, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    Astrobiologists demonstrated that cell membrane structures can form in high concentrations of sulfuric acid similar to the clouds of Venus.

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      Stellar flares could masquerade as life on exoplanets

      Posted on October 13, 2025October 1, 2025 by Ben Pauley

      Astronomers tested whether energy bursts from stars could artificially elevate typical “biosignature” gases on exoplanets.

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        Exoplanet GJ 1214b
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        The lifecycle of a steam world

        Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Ben Pauley

        Scientists studied exoplanets with high water contents and found that they initially have outer vapor layers, which then cool and shrink…

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          Can 300-year-old Antarctic microbes help us understand climate change?

          Posted on September 29, 2025October 1, 2025 by Madeline Taylor

          Researchers demonstrated that microbial DNA from a 300-year-old ice core can help track how microbes respond to global change.

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            Galaxy Cluster Abell 520
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            How do small galaxies get magnetic fields?

            Posted on September 22, 2025August 28, 2025 by Ben Pauley

            Astronomers showed that small galaxies orbiting larger galaxies become 2 to 8 times more magnetic after nearing their hosts.

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              Ice shelf collapse reveals early warning signs of melt

              Posted on September 15, 2025August 28, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Scientists found that growing fractures caused an East Antarctic ice shelf to collapse.

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                Toward personalized cancer treatments

                Posted on September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Medical researchers developed a computational analysis technique, called VIPER, that can predict how cancer cells respond to drug…

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                  Fermi Sees the Gamma Ray Sky
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                  Where do deep-space gamma-rays come from?

                  Posted on September 8, 2025August 18, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                  Researchers found that distant star-forming galaxies can only account for about half of the high-energy radiation from outside the Milky Way…

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                    Carbon feedbacks 56 million years ago similar to today

                    Posted on September 4, 2025September 12, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Geologists simulated the chemistry of Earth's past oceans and atmosphere using mineral data from the ancient seafloor. They found a…

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