Some of the latest images of 3I/ATLAS — the third confirmed interstellar object to be detected passing through our Solar System, following 1I/ʻOumuamua...
Archaeologists have discovered Oldowan stone tools in three distinct archaeological horizons, spanning approximately 300,000 years (2.75 to 2.44 million...
A fossil braincase and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has been reassessed and reclassified, giving rise to a new genus and...
Oat (Avena sativa) grain is a traditional human food that is rich in dietary fiber and contributes to improved human health. Interest in the crop has surged...
The binary stellar system TOI-2267 likely harbors two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an additional Earth-sized candidate, according to a new paper published...
Gliese 251 is an early red dwarf star and the 74th closest star system to our Sun.
An artist’s conception of the Gliese 251 system, showing Gliese 251c...
Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions. Nonpolar hydrocarbons such as ethane and methane...
A team of ornithologists from the National University of Singapore, Birdtour Asia Ltd., and the University of Queensland has described a new and cryptic...
During its closest approach to Mars on October 3, 2025, 3I/ATLAS was 30 million km away from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
This image of the...
Marine biologists have described three new species of deep-sea snailfishes in the family Liparidae from the eastern abyssal Pacific (depths 3,268 to 4,119...
Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have directly imaged a 4.9-Jupiter-mass protoplanet in a cleared gap of...
First discovered in 1997 and described as a new species two years later, the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis) is one of two living species...
New research indicates that caffeine consumption is associated with subsequent increases in positive affect, and this association is strongest within the...
On July 24, 2025, the 4,608th Martian day, or Sol, of the mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover imaged wind-eroded rocks shaped like a piece of coral in the...
Designated Stephenson 2 DFK 52, the newly-discovered red supergiant resides in the massive stellar cluster RSGC2.
This image shows the red supergiant star...
Australian entomologists have described a spectacular new species of the stick insect genus Acrophylla from two female specimens as well as eggs.
Holotype...
Named L 98-59f, this planet is a non-transiting super-Earth with a minimal mass of 2.8 Earth masses on a 23-day orbit inside the habitable zone of the...
The Martian meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 16254 is a 406-g gabbroic shergottite found two years ago in Algeria.
Image of the entire NWA 16254 sample...
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever observed.
This VLT/FORS2...
Herpetologists have described three new species of the frog genus Pristimantis from the rugged, misty highlands of northwestern Peru.
Pristimantis chinguelas....
