By Matthew Williams – December 04, 2025 Collected at: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-could-explain-why-earth-has-active-tectonics-and-venus-does-not Plate tectonics is a fundamental aspect of Earth’s geological activity and history. In addition to constantly rearranging the placement of continents, they also play a major role in maintaining the conditions that ensure Earth’s continued habitability. However, Earth is the only terrestrial (rocky) planet in […]

By Brian Koberlein – December 03, 2025 Collected at: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-are-moving-through-the-universe-faster-than-we-thought If you ever feel like you are constantly on the move, that’s because you are. And not only in your daily life. You spin around the world once a day, the Earth dances with the Moon around the Sun, and the Sun and everything else in the […]

December 2, 2025 by Nagoya University Collected at: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-historical-geography-year-eclipse-mystery.html An international team of researchers has used knowledge of historical geography to reexamine the earliest datable total solar eclipse record known to the scientific community, enabling accurate measurements of Earth’s variable rotation speed from 709 BCE. The researchers calculated how the sun would have appeared from […]

By Brian Koberlein – December 02, 2025 Collected at: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-knotty-problem-of-matter-asymmetry-might-be-solved-by-extending-physics Suppose you slammed together two neutrons at near-luminous speed. The resulting collision would create a cascade of particles from protons, electrons, and neutrinos to more exotic fare. We can’t predict the exact number or type of particles produced, but we do know one thing: the […]

December 1, 2025 by Rebecca Jacobson, National Institute of Standards and Technology Collected at: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-mars-physicists.html Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet’s intricate timekeeping system, built with atomic clocks, GPS satellites and high-speed telecommunications networks. However, Einstein showed us that clocks don’t tick […]

By Scott Johnston – December 01, 2025 Collected at: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-life-giving-secret-of-protoplanetary-disks-dust The complex molecules required for life on Earth might never have formed if it wasn’t for cosmic dust. That’s the conclusion of a new study by researchers from Friedrich Schiller University, the University of Virginia, and Heriot-Watt University. The earliest life on Earth began some 3.7 billion […]

By Max Planck Institute for Astronomy November 27, 2025 Collected at: https://scitechdaily.com/a-tiny-red-dot-in-deep-space-may-be-a-new-kind-of-cosmic-monster/ A newly proposed type of supermassive black hole surrounded by a dense gas shell may account for the small red dots seen in images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. In the summer of 2022, less than a month after the James Webb Space Telescope […]

By The Hebrew University of Jerusalem November 27, 2025 Collected at: https://scitechdaily.com/a-chilling-experiment-near-absolute-zero-finds-hints-of-dark-matter/ Physicists using near-absolute-zero detectors have reached unprecedented sensitivity in the hunt for light dark matter. A groundbreaking scientific project known as QROCODILE, led by the University of Zurich and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has reached unprecedented sensitivity in the search for light dark matter. By […]

By University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy November 26, 2025 Collected at: https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-a-star-that-breaks-the-rules-orbiting-a-silent-black-hole/ Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have pieced together the turbulent history of a […]

By Shenyang Agricultural University November 25, 2025 Collected at: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-simple-diesel-hack-that-dramatically-cuts-pollution-and-improves-efficiency/ A new review shows that mixing water into diesel fuel can dramatically lower emissions and boost efficiency, offering a surprisingly simple route toward cleaner diesel engines. A research team at the Federal University of Technology Owerri in Nigeria has drawn attention to a promising method […]