Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. The star, Earendel. (Source: Associated Press) … [+3552 chars]
<ul><li>A team led by an Ohio State University professor analyzed over 4,000 mammal species to identify which animals are likely to have a hidden species.</li><li>Some yet-to-be-discovered species ar… [+3765 chars]
Very few people who think about watches think very much about clocks. But clocks were here long before watches (a lot longer if you count things like sundials and water clocks, and I do), and they wi… [+6810 chars]
<li>Tang, J. et al. The genomic landscapes of individual melanocytes from human skin. Nature586, 600605 (2020). ADS CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar </li><li>Fowler, J. C. et al… [+19339 chars]
Recent images captured by the European Space Agencys Mars Express orbiter reveal large craters in Utopia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System. Utopia is about 2,050 miles wideroughly… [+2509 chars]
Physicists at the University of Bayreuth are among the international pioneers of power functional theory. This new approach makes it possible for the first time to precisely describe the dynamics of … [+3747 chars]
The Perseverance rover is already a massive success after arriving on the red planet more than a year ago. It has collected samples, beamed back scientific results, and even helped to launch the firs… [+2474 chars]
A geomagnetic storm warning has been issued after 17 solar flares were detected erupting from a single sun spot, some of them while it was pointing at Earth. The US space weather prediction centre s… [+2208 chars]
As comets approach the Sun, they release gas and dust known to astronomers as cometary activity. For comets passing near or inside Earth's orbit, this activity slows over successive orbits. Universit… [+4199 chars]
New research is uncovering the link between parrots’ long lives, and their big brains. Image via Pixabay. A study led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) reports … [+4405 chars]
The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) is a sight to behold. Its bulbous, berry like mantle is decorated with wispy fins that undulate in hypnotic fashion. Below the head, a tangle of peach-… [+2043 chars]
Although they are currently the greatest predators on land, its likely that modern-day cats wouldnt have been a match for the newly discovered Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae. At around 42 million year… [+6013 chars]
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