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Physicists Observationally Confirm Hawking’s Black Hole Theorem For The First Time

Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.

Physicists Measure A Short-Lived Radioactive Molecule For First Time

Molecules containing heavy and deformed radioactive nuclei may help scientists to measure symmetry-violating phenomena and identify signs of dark matter.

Study Highlights Long Road Toward Gender Parity In The Geosciences

Researchers find improvement in relative retention of women but predict decades of sustained effort are required to achieve gender parity.

“Magic-Angle” Trilayer Graphene May Be A Rare, Magnet-Proof Superconductor

New findings might help inform the design of more powerful MRI machines or robust quantum computers.

A New Approach To Preventing Human-Induced Earthquakes

Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration.

Global Warming Begets More Warming, New Paleoclimate Study Finds

Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear.

Need A Water Filter? Peel A Tree Branch

MIT group shows xylem tissue in sapwood can filter bacteria from contaminated water.

Ultralight Material Withstands Supersonic Microparticle Impacts

The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.

Astronomers Nail Down The Origins Of Rare Loner Dwarf Galaxies

The results provide a blueprint for finding such systems in the universe’s quieter, emptier regions.

Rover Images Confirm Jezero Crater Is An Ancient Martian Lake

The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.

Astronomers Detect Signs Of An Atmosphere Stripped From A Planet During Giant Impact

Such planetary smashups are likely common in young solar systems, but they haven’t been directly observed.

Dinosaurs May Have Lived In Social Herds As Early As 193 Million Years Ago

Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the young as a herd, scientists say.

Neutron Star Collisions Are A “Goldmine” Of Heavy Elements, Study Finds

Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.

How Ultracold, Superdense Atoms Become Invisible

A new study confirms that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed.

One Year On This Giant, Blistering Hot Planet Is Just 16 Hours Long

A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.

Climate Modeling Confirms Historical Records Showing Rise In Hurricane Activity

New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years.

TESS Discovers A Planet The Size Of Mars But With The Makeup Of Mercury

The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.

Super-Bright Stellar Explosion Is Likely A Dying Star Giving Birth To A Black Hole Or Neutron Star

The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “the Cow,” may offer astronomers a new way to spot infant compact objects.

Could Acid-Neutralizing Life-Forms Make Habitable Pockets In Venus’ Clouds?

A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.

Physicists Observationally Confirm Hawking’s Black Hole Theorem For The First Time

Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.