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=====Solar Wind Stirs Mars' Upper Atmosphere, Boosting Ion Loss to Space=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-solar-mars-upper-atmosphere-boosting.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Observations show how solar-wind disturbances heat and reshape Mars' upper atmosphere, increasing the escape of charged particles into space.

=====Moonquakes Could Reveal Ice Beneath Lunar South Polar Craters=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-moonquakes-reveal-ice-beneath-lunar.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Researchers propose using seismic waves from moonquakes to detect and map buried ice near the lunar south pole.

=====Laying Odds on Martian Water Near Future Landing Zones=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-laying-odds-potential-martian-future.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Planetary scientists assess the likelihood and accessibility of near-surface water at candidate landing regions for future Mars missions.

=====Homing In on the X-Ray Sky With eROSITA's Second Data Release=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-homing-ray-sky-erosita.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

The second eROSITA survey release expands the catalog of X-ray sources used to study black holes, galaxy clusters and energetic stellar objects.

=====ELT Spectrograph Could Sniff Out Biosignatures on Other Worlds=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-elt-spectrograph-biosignatures-worlds.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Researchers evaluate how an instrument on the Extremely Large Telescope could detect atmospheric chemicals associated with life on exoplanets.

=====Experts Survey Glacier Ice on Mount Ararat for the First Time=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-experts-survey-glacier-ice-mount.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Scientists conducted the first detailed field survey of Mount Ararat's glacier to measure its structure, condition and response to climate change.

=====A Discarded SpaceX Rocket Is on a High-Speed Collision Course With the Moon=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-discarded-spacex-rocket-high-collision.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Orbital calculations indicate that an abandoned rocket stage is headed toward a lunar impact, providing an opportunity to study impact effects.

=====Ancient Irish Volcano Offers Clues About Modern Active Volcanoes=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ancient-irish-volcano-clues-modern.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Geological analysis of an extinct Irish volcanic system reveals processes that can help interpret present-day active volcanoes.

=====Japan Probe Made Closest-Ever Asteroid Flyby=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-japan-probe-closest-asteroid-flyby.html Article link] | Phys.org / AFP | Phys.org | July 31, 2026

Japan's space agency reports an exceptionally close spacecraft flyby of an asteroid, testing navigation and observation capabilities.

=====Scientists Discover Rare Super-Jupiter Planet=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-07-scientists-rare-super-jupiter-planet.html Article link] | Science X | Phys.org | July 8, 2026

Astronomers identified NGTS-38 b, a large planet with an unusually long 180-day orbit for a world discovered by the transit method.

=====Off-Center Stellar Death Points to Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Stripped of Its Own Galaxy=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-center-stellar-death-supermassive-black.html Article link] | Shreejaya Karantha | Phys.org | June 28, 2026

Astronomers studying a tidal-disruption event found evidence that the star may have been torn apart by a wandering supermassive black hole separated from its original galaxy.

=====NASA Races to Save Swift Telescope From Falling Back to Earth With Daring Rescue Mission=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-nasa-swift-telescope-falling-earth.html Article link] | Marcia Dunn | Phys.org | June 28, 2026

NASA is preparing a rescue mission to raise the orbit of the Swift space telescope before it falls back to Earth, a test that could inform future satellite-servicing missions.

=====New Millisecond Pulsar Discovered With the Murchison Widefield Array=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-millisecond-pulsar-murchison-widefield-array.html Article link] | Tomasz Nowakowski | Phys.org | June 27, 2026

Astronomers using the Murchison Widefield Array discovered a new millisecond pulsar through the Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre survey.

=====Venezuela's Double Earthquake Struck Where Two Tectonic Plates Slide Side by Side=====
[https://www.science.org/content/article/venezuela-s-double-earthquake-struck-where-two-tectonic-plates-slide-side-side Article link] | Science | Science | June 26, 2026

Science explains the tectonic setting of Venezuela's double earthquake and how side-by-side plate motion can produce damaging seismic events.

=====NASA's Cheapest Missions Deliver Less Scientific Bang for Buck, Study Finds=====
[https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-cheapest-missions-deliver-less-scientific-bang-buck-study-finds Article link] | Mona Patterson | Science | June 26, 2026

Analysis of 90 NASA missions finds that midpriced spacecraft may produce more scientific value per dollar than the lowest-cost missions.

=====A Single Origin Story for the Milky Way's Most Mysterious Stars=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-story-milky-mysterious-stars.html Article link] | Sam Jarman | Phys.org | June 26, 2026

Astronomers propose a unified explanation for unusual young stars near the Milky Way's central black hole, offering insight into how such stars formed in an extreme environment.

=====The Universe Should Look the Same in All Directions at Large Scales, but DESI Data Suggest Otherwise=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-universe-large-scales-desi.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 25, 2026

Analysis of DESI data suggests possible large-scale directional differences in the universe, challenging the assumption that the cosmos looks the same in every direction at the largest scales.

=====The Universe Is Unexpectedly Stringy, Which Could Rewrite Cosmic-Structure Models=====
[https://www.science.org/content/article/universe-unexpectedly-stringy-which-could-rewrite-cosmic-structure-models Article link] | Science | Science | June 24, 2026

Science article reports on findings suggesting the universe's large-scale structure may be more filament-like than expected, with implications for cosmology.

====='Fingerprints' of Black Hole's Event Horizon Detected for First Time=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-fingerprints-black-hole-event-horizon.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 24, 2026

Researchers analyzing gravitational-wave data report evidence from closer to a black hole's event horizon than previously possible.

=====NASA Should Build a Biocontainment Facility on the Moon to Protect Earth, Researchers Advise=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-nasa-biocontainment-facility-moon-earth.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 19, 2026

A policy paper argues that a lunar biocontainment facility could help protect Earth from potentially hazardous biological contaminants returned from space missions.

=====Powerful UFO Spotted Blasting From a Distant Black Hole=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-powerful-ufo-blasting-distant-black.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 16, 2026

Astronomers detected one of the most powerful ultra-fast outflows yet seen from a distant supermassive black hole, using XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations.

=====Chandra Tracks M87 Black Hole's Evolving Jet in Finest X-Ray Detail Yet=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-chandra-tracks-m87-black-hole.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 16, 2026

Chandra observations reveal new X-ray detail in the evolving jet from the M87 black hole, helping astronomers study high-energy processes near a supermassive black hole.

=====Chandra Resolves NGC 6540's Mysterious X-Ray Flare Into Multiple Sources=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-chandra-ngc-mysterious-ray-flare.html Article link] | Tomasz Nowakowski | Phys.org | June 13, 2026

Deep Chandra observations of the globular cluster NGC 6540 helped astronomers investigate a mysterious X-ray flare detected decades earlier.

=====Hubble Captures Galaxy Swarm With Lensed Arcs From Early Universe=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-hubble-captures-galaxy-swarm-lensed.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 12, 2026

Hubble imagery of a galaxy swarm shows gravitationally lensed arcs, giving astronomers a magnified view of distant galaxies in the early universe.

=====If Scientists Discover Aliens, They Have a Plan for 'Disclosure Day'=====
[https://www.science.org/content/article/if-scientists-discover-aliens-they-have-plan-disclosure-day Article link] | Science | Science | June 11, 2026

Science article examines planning for how researchers and institutions might communicate with the public if credible evidence of extraterrestrial life is discovered.

=====Cosmic Dawn Fuel Discovery Unlocks Early Galaxy Growth Secrets=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-cosmic-dawn-fuel-discovery-early.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 11, 2026

Astronomers detected a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas in the early galaxy REBELS-25, helping explain how massive galaxies grew soon after the Big Bang.

=====Galaxy-Killing Wind Discovered in the Early Universe=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-galaxy-early-universe.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 10, 2026

Astronomers discovered a powerful wind in the early universe that could strip a galaxy of star-forming gas and help explain the existence of massive dead galaxies.

=====Cosmic Acceleration Holds Up as New Analysis Rebuts Slowdown Claim=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-cosmic-analysis-rebuts-slowdown.html Article link] | Royal Astronomical Society | Phys.org | June 10, 2026

A new analysis supports continuing cosmic acceleration and challenges claims that the universe's expansion might be slowing down.

====='Black Hole Stars'—Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-black-hole-stars-webb-strongest.html Article link] | NASA | Phys.org | June 10, 2026

Webb observations provide strong evidence for unusual early-universe objects that may be powered by black-hole activity, offering clues about how the first massive galaxies grew.

=====How Climate Shapes the Meanings of Words Across Languages=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-climate-words-languages.html Article link] | Akaash Babar / Peking University | Phys.org | June 9, 2026

Social-science article reports that climate may influence how words and meanings develop across languages, linking environment with cultural and linguistic patterns.

=====Upcoming Telescopes Could Shed Light on Dark Matter=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-upcoming-telescopes-dark.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 8, 2026

Article explaining how upcoming telescope observations may help search for indirect signals of dark matter and clarify one of physics' biggest open questions.

=====Cosmic Bombardment May Have Opened Earth's Crust for Prebiotic Chemistry=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-cosmic-bombardment-earth-crust-prebiotic.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 8, 2026

Earth-history and origins-of-life article exploring how impacts may have fractured Earth's crust and created environments favorable to prebiotic chemistry.

=====Well-Known Planetary Nebula's Ear-Like Lobes Rewrite Its Evolutionary Timeline=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-planetary-nebula-ear-lobes-rewrite.html Article link] | Tomasz Nowakowski | Phys.org | June 2026

Astronomers studying a planetary nebula found that its ear-like lobes may change the timeline of how the system formed and evolved.

=====Superheated Magma May Explain Why Similar Volcanoes Erupt in Very Different Ways=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-superheated-magma-similar-volcanoes-erupt.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 2026

Earth-science article on how magma temperature and physical state may help explain why similar volcanic systems can produce very different eruption styles.

=====Smile Spacecraft Reaches Science Orbit=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-spacecraft-science-orbit.html Article link] | European Space Agency / Phys.org | June 2026

The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its science orbit and began instrument commissioning to study interactions between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere.

=====Machine Learning Uncovers 1,750 Quakes Tracing 250-Kilometer Edge of Alaska Microplate=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-machine-uncovers-quakes-kilometer-edge.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 2026

Seismology article showing how machine learning identified many previously hidden earthquakes and revealed structure along the edge of an Alaska microplate.

=====Interstellar Comet Is Unlike Anything Seen in Our Solar System=====
[https://www.science.org/content/article/interstellar-comet-unlike-anything-seen-our-solar-system Article link] | Science | Science | June 2026

Article reports on an unusual interstellar comet whose properties differ from known solar-system comets, offering clues about planet formation elsewhere.

=====Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood 1.4 Billion Years After Big Bang=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-hubble-early-galaxy-neighborhood-billion.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 2026

Hubble observations detected ultraviolet light from an early galaxy, showing how young galaxies may have transformed their surroundings in the early universe.

=====Asteroid Zooming Past Earth on Saturday Visible to Stargazers=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-asteroid-earth-saturday-visible-stargazers.html Article link] | Phys.org / AFP | June 2026

A large asteroid made a harmless close approach to Earth and was visible to observers with small telescopes or large binoculars in parts of the world.

=====A Spacecraft Is Falling to Its Doom - Can NASA Save It?=====
[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01949-z Article link] | Alexandra Witze | Nature | June 2026

Nature reports on NASA's plan to rescue the Swift space observatory by raising its orbit, a mission that could also inform future Hubble-servicing efforts.

=====A Faster Way to Forecast Alien Weather=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-06-faster-alien-weather.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | June 2026

Exoplanet-climate article on faster modeling methods that could help researchers forecast atmospheric conditions on worlds beyond the solar system.

=====Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Mystery About the Hidden Order in High-Dimensional Randomness=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-mathematicians-decades-mystery-hidden-high.html Article link] | Robert Egan | Phys.org | May 24, 2026

Article about a proof related to Talagrand's convexity conjecture and hidden structure in high-dimensional random systems.

=====Earth's Outer Core Beneath Pacific Reversed Direction in 2010, Satellite Data Reveal=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-earth-outer-core-beneath-pacific.html Article link] | Robert Egan | Phys.org | May 22, 2026

Earth-science article reporting satellite-based evidence that flow in part of Earth's molten outer core changed direction around 2010.

=====Fast-Moving Gofar Fault Reveals Quiet Zones That May Shape Earthquakes=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-fast-gofar-fault-reveals-quiet.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 15, 2026

Earthquake-science article on the Gofar fault and how quiet or slow-slipping zones may influence seismic behavior.

=====New Alien-Life Test Could Help Mars and Europa Missions=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-alien-life-mars-europa-missions.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 11, 2026

Coverage of a Nature Astronomy study suggesting that hidden order among molecules, not just the molecules themselves, may help identify life beyond Earth.

=====Earth's First Continents May Trace Back to Subduction 3.5 Billion Years Ago=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-earth-continents-subduction-billion-years.html Article link] | Robert Egan | Phys.org | May 11, 2026

Earth-history article suggesting that early continental formation may have involved subduction-like processes billions of years ago.

=====Non-Rotating Early Galaxy Is a Surprise to Astronomers=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rotating-early-galaxy-astronomers.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 9, 2026

Astronomy article about an unexpected early galaxy whose lack of rotation challenges assumptions about galaxy formation.

=====Urban Science Beyond Samples=====
[https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00108 Article link] | arXiv physics.soc-ph bot | arXiv | May 8, 2026

arXiv-linked social physics / urban science article, listed among new physics-and-society papers.

=====Earth and Planetary Astrophysics New Articles=====
[https://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph.EP/new Article link] | arXiv astro-ph.EP bot | arXiv | May 8, 2026

Bot post listing four new Earth and planetary astrophysics papers, including article and PDF links.

=====These Monster Black Holes Did Not Form the Usual Way=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-monster-black-holes-usual-history.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 7, 2026

Article on research suggesting that the most massive gravitational-wave black holes formed through repeated mergers in dense stellar environments.

=====A New Way to Read the Universe Could Sharpen Cosmic Expansion and Dark-Energy Studies=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-universe-sharpen-cosmic-expansion-dark.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 6, 2026

Article on the CIGaRS framework for extracting more information from Type Ia supernova imaging, especially for future surveys.

=====Buried Electrical Pathways Across the U.S. Reveal New Clues About Earth=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-electrical-pathways-reveal-clues-earth.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 4, 2026

Geophysics article on subsurface electrical conductivity patterns and what they reveal about Earth's structure beneath North America.

=====NASA's Push to Reinstate Pluto's Planetary Status=====
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-pluto-a-planet-again/ Article link] | Scientific American | Scientific American | May 2026

Article about renewed debate over Pluto's planetary status and NASA-linked efforts or discussions around classification.

=====Image: NASA's Psyche Mission Captures Mars' Huygens Crater=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-image-nasa-psyche-mission-captures.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 2026

Space-image item from NASA's Psyche mission showing Mars and Huygens Crater during the spacecraft's journey.

=====Hubble Captures Galaxy Cluster MACS J1141.6-1905=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-hubble-captures-galaxy-cluster-macs.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 2026

Astronomy image article highlighting Hubble observations of galaxy cluster MACS J1141.6-1905 and gravitational-lensing features.

=====How Earth Recycles Continents Deep Underground=====
[https://phys.org/news/2026-05-earth-recycles-continents-deep-underground.html Article link] | Phys.org | Phys.org | May 2026

Nature Geoscience-linked article on "relamination," where deeply subducted continental crust mixes with mantle material and later influences continental evolution.

=====Australia is closing its Very Long Baseline Array=====
[https://www.atnf.csiro.au/facilities/apply-for-time/telescope-status/long-baseline-array/ Article link] | Ryan White | Bluesky | May 2026 snippet | Article: Astrobites

Astrobites article linked from an astronomy/science post.

=====Secrets of Cosmic Evolution May Lurk in This Black Hole's Dancing Jets=====
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/secrets-of-cosmic-evolution-may-lurk-in-this-black-holes-dancing-jets/ Article link] | Lee Billings | Scientific American | Apr. 16, 2026

Astronomy article about direct measurement of the power and speed of black-hole jets using observations of jets interacting with stellar winds.

=====Computational Social Science and Network Science Honors=====
[https://bsky.app/profile/seanmcarroll.bsky.social Article link] | Sean Carroll | Santa Fe Institute / Network Science | 2026

Post notes recognition for foundational work in network science and computational social science.

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