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Long-period Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered with TESS

• Feb 2, 2026

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet transiting a di...

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Fast-moving floodwater poses hidden danger for cities

• Feb 2, 2026

New research, led by Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Lea Dasallas at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), shows that even shallow flood...

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New formula unravels vines' parasitic nature

• Feb 2, 2026

Twisting upwardly on trees and other plants—along with houses and even lampposts—vines are a wonder of nature. However, their marvels mask their paras...

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Experiments clear up confusion over the form of solid methane

• Feb 2, 2026

Through a combination of high-pressure experiments and optical spectroscopy, physicists have revealed new insights into the structural forms of solid...

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Infrared running of gravity offers a field-theoretic route to dark matter phenomena

• Feb 2, 2026

The mystery of dark matter—unseen, pervasive, and essential in standard cosmology—has loomed over physics for decades. In new research, I explore a di...

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A student made cosmic dust in her lab—what she found could help us understand how life started on Earth

• Feb 2, 2026

A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust from scratch. The results s...

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Multiple bacteria may be behind elk hoof disease

• Feb 2, 2026

A debilitating hoof disease affecting elk herds across the Pacific Northwest appears to be driven not by a single pathogen but by multiple bacterial s...

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Biologists discover alternative systems that help cells control genes

• Feb 2, 2026

Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity ev...

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Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route

• Feb 2, 2026

New research may have solved an American mystery which has baffled geologists for a century and a half: How did a river carve a path through a mountai...

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FAA dismisses airline, sonic boom concerns in signing off on SpaceX Starship plans from KSC

• Feb 2, 2026

SpaceX's path to launching its massive Starship rocket from Florida's Space Coast passed another hurdle Friday after the Federal Aviation Administrati...

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Cracks on Europa sport traces of ammonia

• Feb 2, 2026

The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it's an iceberg of a world, but underneath its frozen...

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North Sea sandstone could be used to store carbon dioxide, report suggests

• Feb 2, 2026

Sandstone beneath the North Sea could be used to store carbon dioxide, a study has claimed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) report shows how sands...