Exoplanet caught in ‘hairpin turn’ signals how high-mass gas giants form
illustration of hot jupiter planet Credit: NOIRLab
Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells
Justin Pritchard and Scott Leighow
Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease
two images of fruit fly brain, top glowing with marker and bottom much darker

Disrupting certain proteins improves cell repair, rescues neuron loss in Alzheimer's model.

Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists
collage of three cosmic objects detected by the James Webb Space Telescope
New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together
collage of fruits and berries in the genus Solanum
What happens when neutron stars collide?
Volume rendering of simulation of two neutron stars merging.

New simulations show that neutrinos created during binary neutron star mergers are briefly out of equilibrium with the star's cold cores

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs
Photo of frog with illustration of eye and opsins
Astronomers find unexpected accelerating quasar winds around distant black hole
Illustration of supermassive black hole with quasar wind, with inset spectra.

Astronomers have used eight years of SDSS observations to discover unexpected changes in the winds surrounding a distant black hole.

How do supermassive black holes get super massive?
Combined X-ray and optical observations on left and simulated gas column density on right, with inset of artist's impression of active supermassive black hole

Astronomers combine X-ray observations with supercomputer simulations to provide best modeling of the growth of supermassive black holes.

Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds
male and female giraffes
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