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This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b in its unusual orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs. Unlike most planets, it follows a polar orbit—moving at a right angle to the plane in which its host stars orbit each other. While polar planets have been found around single stars, and polar discs of gas and dust (which can form planets) have been seen around binary systems, this is the first strong evidence of an actual planet in a polar orbit around two stars. The discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Though the two brown dwarfs appear as one point of light in the sky, astronomers identified them as a binary pair because they periodically eclipse one another. Using the VLT’s UVES spectrograph, researchers measured changes in the stars’ orbital speed over time. After ruling out other causes, they concluded that the gravitational pull of a planet in a polar orbit best explains the observed motion.

Planet Found Orbiting Sideways Around Twin Stars

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

AI-powered robots help tackle Europe’s growing e-waste problem

Categories Bloggers

Hera’s Mars & Moon Close-Up

Categories Space

Space Antenna Breakthrough Slashes Hardware Needs

Categories Space
This artist’s impression shows a magnetar—a rare type of neutron star with an extraordinarily powerful magnetic field. Neutron stars are among the most compact and extreme objects in the universe, typically containing more mass than the Sun compressed into a sphere only about 12 miles wide. In the image, the neutron star appears as a white-blue sphere, with magnetic field lines illustrated as filaments streaming from its poles.

Rogue Magnetar Defies Known Star Birth

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
dna on a computer screen

DNA Vulnerable to Hacking as Cyber Threats Target Genomics

Categories Health, Technology
Mother and child

Mom’s Love Shapes Adult Personality Forever

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences
About 215 million years ago in what is now northwestern Argentina, the land-dwelling crocodylomorph Hemiprotosuchus leali was poised to devour Chaliminia musteloides, an early relative of mammals.

Ancient Crocs Reveal Extinction Survival Secret

Categories Life & Non-humans
rain on a railing

Rain drops could be new source of clean energy

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
This figure shows how JRT was designed by modifying LSD's structure. The images compare the chemical structures of related compounds and show how JRT binds to the brain's serotonin receptor (5-HT2AR) differently than LSD does. While JRT fits into the same receptor pocket as LSD, it can't form certain hydrogen bonds that LSD makes, which is why JRT doesn't cause hallucinations. Computer models predict that JRT and LSD attach to the receptor in similar ways, but JRT's nitrogen atom sits slightly farther from key parts of the receptor.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.

Tiny Tweak to LSD Molecule Creates Powerful Treatment for Brain Disorders Without Hallucinations

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
Heavyset man at the gym

Scientists Find Hidden Connection Between Body Fat and Anxiety

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
two spinning tops

Physics Breakthrough Unveils Why AI Models Hallucinate and Show Bias

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Technology
Bowling ball and pins

Science Rolls a Perfect Game With New Bowling Strike Prediction Model

Categories Physics & Mathematics
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