A new genus and species of iguanodontian dinosaur has come to light in Isle of Wight rocks dating to the Lower Cretaceous epoch.
Reconstruction of the...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of part of the Snowman Nebula.
This Hubble image shows part of the Snowman Nebula....
Astrophysicists from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration have detected a further 35 gravitational waves since the last catalog release in October 2020,...
An international team of researchers has documented the unique vibroacoustic signals the eastern honeybees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their...
The free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are the recently-discovered class of star-forming nurseries.
This Hubble image shows frEGGs J203441.7+405216,...
A team of experts from Wessex Archaeology has analyzed four ancient chalk plaques from the Stonehenge region in southern England. Their results place the...
‘Slow and steady wins the race,’ according to a new study of lepidosaurs (lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians, and tuatara) published in the journal Palaeontology.
Pleurosaurus,...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of the supernova remnant DEM L249.
This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova...
The neutron is a bound system of three valence quarks and a neutral sea consisting of gluons and quark-antiquark pairs. Although the proton was discovered...
A new genus and species of plateosaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur has been identified from two fossilized skulls found in Jameson Land, a peninsula in eastern...
The structural characteristics of biological specimens, such as wet proteins and living cells, can be conveniently probed in their host aqueous media using...
ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has produced a spectacular image of NGC 3314, a pair of spiral galaxies located in the direction of the Hydra I cluster.
This...
The exceptionally well-preserved room in Civita Giuliana, a suburban Roman villa in the ancient city of Pompeii, contains three beds, a chamber pot, amphorae,...
According to a study published in the journal Geology, samples of glassy slabs found in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, contain tiny fragments with...
Fluorine is one of the most interesting elements for nuclear and stellar astrophysics. Fluorine abundance was first measured for stars other than the Sun...
The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has been a source of wonder for humanity for millennia or more. Advances in planetary sciences, astronomy,...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the barred spiral galaxy Markarian 1337.
This Hubble image...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of NGC 1535, or the Cleopatra’s Eye Nebula.
This Hubble image shows NGC 1535, a planetary...
An international team of paleoanthropologists has discovered a partial skull and teeth from an immature individual of Homo naledi, a recently-discovered...
Astronomers on the Hubble team have released a spectacular image of the colorful planetary nebula NGC 2438.
This Hubble image shows the planetary nebula...
