25th April 2025

Exoplanet found with comet-like tail will disintegrate in 2 million years

A newly found exoplanet is rapidly disintegrating as it orbits perilously close to its star. The small, rocky world is trailing a vast, comet-like tail of debris and is shedding a mass equivalent to Mount Everest every 30.5 hours.

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23rd April 2025

Lucy spacecraft reveals peanut-shaped asteroid

NASA's Lucy mission has returned striking images of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be larger than originally estimated and a contact binary. The spacecraft will pass by eight other asteroids between now and 2033.

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22nd April 2025

Laser-cooled chips could transform data centre efficiency

A new laser-based photonic cooling system could reduce the energy needed for cooling in data centres, while improving the performance of computer chips.

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8th April 2025

HIV/AIDS progress could reverse by 2030, warns study

A study in The Lancet finds that cuts to foreign aid could undo decades of progress made to end HIV/AIDS, with potentially 10.8m additional new infections by 2030.

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7th April 2025

"Big Crunch" universe more likely than previously thought

A major survey of nearly 15 million galaxies suggests that dark energy might be weakening, potentially changing the ultimate fate of the cosmos and increasing the possibility of a "Big Crunch" in the distant future.

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