Millions of years ago, giant dwarf crocodiles roamed a part of Africa with a taste for our human ancestors. In a new study, researchers led by the University of Iowa announced the discovery of two n… [+3607 chars]
Venus' atmosphere bears no signs of microbes eating or pooping, suggesting that the odd chemical composition of the planet's clouds cannot be explained by extraterrestrial life. In a new study, res… [+3522 chars]
The fastest-growing black hole ever seen is swallowing the mass equivalent of an entire Earth every second. This gargantuan black hole has a mass 3 billion times that of the sun, and its rapid co… [+3377 chars]
In 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope at Ohio State University picked up a strong narrowband signal from space. The signal was a continuous radio wave that was very strong in intensity and frequency a… [+11729 chars]
NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. Theyll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb the largest space telescope ever… [+6760 chars]
Since the dawn of genetics in the early 20th century, biologists have debated whether evolution is driven more by chance mutations or by the original diversity in the gene pool. Having a lot of gen… [+3766 chars]
The physicists also created an odd ball that always bounces to one side and an odd wall that controls where it absorbs energy from an impact. The objects all stem from the same equation describing a… [+2900 chars]
A solar eruption that passed by Earth this morning could spark minor geomagnetic storms lasting days, scientists have warned. The coronal mass ejection (CME) delivered our planet a 'glancing blow' … [+8076 chars]
A study from The University of Western Australia has revealed a previously unknown process that plants can make their own secret decisions on how much carbon can be released back into the atmosphere.… [+2048 chars]
<ul><li>Astronomy researchers have identified what may be the first identification of a single black hole drifting across the galaxy.</li><li>Two teams of researchers studied studied six years of Hub… [+5307 chars]
New findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope likely confirm the existence of a black hole in our galaxy. The mass of nothingness is believed to be 5,000 light years away in the Carina-Sagittarius … [+2045 chars]
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