Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Child Mind Institute have identified at least two biological subtypes of autism by combining brain scans from people with autism with data from mouse models of autism-related brain changes. The findings, described in an announcement about a Nature Neuroscience study, suggest that different patterns of brain…
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NASA’s Hubble image of the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211 reveals a crowded cosmic scene where hundreds of galaxies gather in one field of view and the cluster’s gravity bends light from far more distant objects. The result looks like a swarm of galaxies suspended in deep space, with faint arcs that trace the warped paths of…
A study in Communications Earth & Environment found that the buried hot-water system beneath the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub crater lasted for at least 8 million years. The result pushes the crater’s hidden afterlife far beyond earlier estimates and gives scientists a rare, measurable window into how impact craters can remain warm, wet and potentially habitable long…
ESA’s official adoption of the Arrakihs mission has moved a new galactic archaeology spacecraft into development, with launch planned by the end of 2030. The mission will search for the dim outskirts of nearby galaxies, where faint stellar debris can preserve the story of ancient mergers. The European Space Agency’s Science Programme Committee approved the…
