A team led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found a previously overlooked treasure trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies. The newly discovered black hole… [+4941 chars]
Credit: Airbus Edinburgh / Friedrichshafen, 25 May 2022. – ESA has confirmed after a thorough review process that the preliminary design of the Airbus-built Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography … [+1056 chars]
As Earth orbits the Sun, it ploughs through dust and debris left behind by comets and asteroids. That debris gives birth to meteor showers which can be one of natures most amazing spectacles. Most m… [+6110 chars]
For decades, paleontologists have debated whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, like modern mammals and birds, or cold-blooded, like modern reptiles. Knowing whether dinosaurs were warm- or cold-blood… [+8931 chars]
The Swarm satellites measure Earth's core using sensors from orbit. (ESA) Volcanic eruptions remind us that the inside of our planet isnt exactly tranquil, but theres plenty of completely unknown st… [+3804 chars]
A team of NASA-funded scientists and astronomers will descend on Katherine next week to witness the “once-in-a-lifetime” astronomical event of Plutos stellar occultation with just north of the town b… [+1858 chars]
Scientists have found a child’s tooth from a prehistoric*, extinct type of human cousin called Denisovans. The molar* is thought to have belonged to a girl probably aged three-and-a-half to eight-an… [+5441 chars]
On the 14th, satellite images showed that Kavachi, an underwater volcano in the Solomon Islands, was active again. However, the most interesting part, in the eyes of science, is that sharks live in t… [+1513 chars]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A healthy coral reef is loud. Like a busy city, the infrastructure leads to more organisms and activity, and more background noise. Every time an invertebrate drag… [+2905 chars]
Since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars, its two microphones have recorded hours of audio that provide valuable information about the Martian atmosphere. Credit: NASA Since NASA’s Perseveranc… [+2595 chars]
