September 2, 2026

Webb discovers the ticking clock over the formation of giant planets

Webb discovers the ticking clock over the formation of giant planets

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MIRI observations of 72 disks around young stars show how the mechanisms of gas loss change as the system matures: initially jets and winds associated with magnetic fields dominate, and later atomic and photoid winds become increasingly important.
The rate of star formation in the universe has plummeted—but the main fuel pool has hardly disappeared.

The rate of star formation in the universe has plummeted—but the main fuel pool has hardly disappeared.

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Combined FAST and DESI measurements show that over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star formation has slowed sharply, while the pool of atomic hydrogen has shrunk only slightly. The finding draws attention to the stage when the gas
El Niño has strengthened in the last 40 years to a level not seen in the thousand years before industrialization

El Niño has strengthened in the last 40 years to a level not seen in the thousand years before industrialization

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An analysis of living and fossil corals from the Galapagos Islands found that the variability of the El Niño-La Niña system in the eastern Pacific Ocean is now 36.5% higher than it was during the pre-industrial millennium. The strengthening is mainly due to
Not just a Nobel Prize: The long road Ada Yonath took to turning the ribosome into the key to understanding antibiotics

Not just a Nobel Prize: The long road Ada Yonath took to turning the ribosome into the key to understanding antibiotics

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A day after the news of her death was published, Weizmann Institute materials highlight the scientific legacy she left behind: decades of struggle with a problem that was considered almost insoluble, development of crystallographic methods, deciphering the ribosome, and laying the foundation for understanding
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