Astronomers Find Elusive Cloud-Forming Chemical on 10-Billion-Year-Old Brown Dwarf

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Using data gathered by NSF’s Gemini South telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected signatures of methane (CH4), water (H2O) and silane (SiH4) gas on the cold brown dwarf WISEA J153429.75-104303.3 (W1534 for short). Although silane is expected to serve as a key reservoir for the cloud-forming element silicon in gasContinue Reading

Webb Searches for Atmosphere on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e

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Astronomers are working their way through the TRAPPIST-1 system with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, demonstrating its unprecedented ability to capture detailed information about exoplanet atmospheres and learning to work with that data. The first results are now in from Webb’s observations of TRAPPIST-1e. While the initial four observations by Webb are not enoughContinue Reading

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These are 2024-25 releases. For older titles, click here. With Love & Mischief by Derek Milman We Are Villains by Kacen Callender  Lovely Dark and Deep by Elisa A. Bonnin  The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for a graphic novel,Continue Reading

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Instead of ‘teachers,’ students at Alpha School Austin are supervised by ‘guides,’ who help lead them through their abbreviated coursework., AUSTIN (Nexstar) — U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon toured an Austin private school on Tuesday, which claims it helps students “Learn 2x in 2 Hours.” Alpha School Austin isContinue Reading

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Amazon’s Zoox on Wednesday launched its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, offering free rides through parts of the entertainment mecca for anyone willing to gamble on the safety of a driverless vehicle. The Las Vegas debut of Zoox’s long-planned ride-hailing service reflects Amazon-owned robotaxi maker’s confidence in the safety ofContinue Reading

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The layoffs come amid sluggish sales as competition heats up in the weight-loss drug market., The layoffs come amid sluggish sales as competition heats up in the weight-loss drug market. Novo Nordisk, the maker of blockbuster weight loss medication Wegovy, will cut 9,000 jobs amid growing competition in the industryContinue Reading

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Internal reports reveal unease among troops, with public reaction overwhelmingly negative Published September 10, 2025 12:35PM (EDT) National Guard members patrol carrying weapons with the U.S. Capitol Building in the distance on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Internal National Guard assessments reviewed by The Washington PostContinue Reading