In the shadow of a massive Patagonian glacier, paleontologists have unearthed a rare fossil find: an ancient marine reptile that died while pregnant. This dolphin-like creature, called an ichthyosaur… [+3891 chars]
© Provided by Business Insider Satellites captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Tonga volcano, on January 15, 2022. NASA/NOAA When an underwater volcano … [+7174 chars]
If you're up high, and you listen carefully on nights when the northern sky dances with blazing sheets of green light Earth's spectacular aurora borealis you might hear some ghostly sounds. Almost i… [+3766 chars]
Geologists have identified tiny lifeforms that have been trapped inside of crystals for 830 million years. And they are likely still alive. The prokaryotic and algal life is contained in tiny amounts… [+843 chars]
ByGoethe UniversityMay 17, 2022 This is the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). It is the … [+13374 chars]
Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time to be relative? How can we live in a universe where nobody can agree on when events start, whe… [+5276 chars]
If you're up high, and you listen carefully on nights when the northern sky dances with blazing sheets of green light Earth's spectacular aurora borealis you might hear some ghostly sounds. Almost i… [+3766 chars]
Tonga's volcanic eruption in January produced the strongest recorded waves from a volcano since the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, scientists say. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, an underwater volcano in… [+9379 chars]
'Standard candle' (or type Ia) supernova explosions are some of the most energetic events in the Universe, happening when a dense white dwarf star subsumes another star. Now, scientists think they're… [+3525 chars]
Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time to be relative? How can we live in a universe where nobody can agree on when events start, whe… [+5276 chars]
If youre one of a few people fortunate enough to be able to afford a $55 million ticket to space, the odds are that youre not much accustomed to hard labor. Members of the all-private crew to the Int… [+3062 chars]
Enlarge/ NASA's Space Launch System rocket is seen on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in April. 96 with 56 posters participating, including story author NASA has published a list of potentia… [+3894 chars]
