Current theories predict that low-mass stars should rarely host planets with masses exceeding that of Neptune (17 Earth masses).
An artist’s impression...
The bright nearby star HD 110067 hosts six transiting sub-Neptunes that follow a chain of resonant orbits, according to new research led by University...
The bird-like tridactyl (three-toed) footprints found at the site of Maphutseng in Lesotho predate the oldest known bird body fossils by approximately...
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected a rotating gaseous structure around an extragalactic massive young...
Archaeologists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Leibniz Zentrum für Archäologie and Leiden University say they have found cut marks...
Sunspots have been observed for over four centuries and the magnetic nature of sunspot cycles has been known for about a century. However, some of its...
In an operation that took mission scientists three months to plan, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured a series of panoramic images that showcases the...
Archaeologists from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen have analyzed the ancient animal remains...
Astronomers have long puzzled over why all of the planets in our Solar System have slightly slanted orbits around the Sun. But Yale University planetary...
Mothra is a system of two supergiant stars in one of the extremely magnified galaxies behind the lensing galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1-2403.
Mothra is best...
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction, which included the elimination of all non-avian dinosaurs, occurred after the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid and...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a very detailed image of the Herbig-Haro object 797 (HH 797), which is located in the northern...
A previously unknown species of small and rapid carnivorous dinosaur lived among the large and dry sand dunes of the Botucatu paleodesert, a vast desert...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has begun its scientific mission, which includes the atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets....
New research shows that the small sounds generated within the ear by the brain contain accurate information about contemporaneous eye movements in the...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a picture of Abell 3192, which comprises two independent galaxy systems — a foreground...
In humans, repeated encounters with a wide variety of stimuli can reactivate specific neurons to produce long-term memories. In new research, biologists...
Paleontologists have identified a new species of plioplatecarpine mosasaur from an almost complete skull found in the Agua Nueva Formation, Mexico.
Yaguarasaurus...
Acoustic communication has played a key role in the evolution of a wide variety of vertebrates and insects. However, the reconstruction of ancient acoustic...
In a new paper published this month in the journal Diversity, paleontologists described the fossilized skeletons of the dolphin genus Xenorophus from the...
