News Archive for May 2022

Palm bruchine tunnels in a fossil coconut fruit of the Cerrejón Formation, Colombia. Image credit: Penn State.

60-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Evidence of Seed Beetle Predation on Coconuts

May 2, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found insect borings in a fruit fossil of the genus Cocos (coconuts) from the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. Their findings...

This Hubble image shows Messier 99, a spiral galaxy some 42 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The Hubble data was taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The color composite was assembled from images taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. It is based on data obtained through five filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Kasliwal / J. Lee / PHANGS-HST Team.

Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Messier 99

May 2, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed fine details of the grand design spiral galaxy Messier 99. This Hubble image shows Messier 99, a spiral...

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