Articles by Natali Anderson

A Masai giraffe in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Image credit: Sajjad F. / CC BY 3.0.

Genome Reveals Clues to Giraffe’s Unique Characteristics

May 18, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the okapi, and — through comparative...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6814, a face-on grand-design spiral galaxy. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NGC 6814: Hubble Space Telescope Sees Grand-Design Spiral

May 9, 2016 by Natali Anderson

This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is likely the best of the grand-design spiral galaxy NGC 6814. This Hubble image shows NGC 6814,...

This is an artist's impression of an exoplanet. Image credit: Ron Miller.

Astrobiologists Make List of Biosignature Gases to Guide Search for Extraterrestrial Life

May 6, 2016 by Natali Anderson

According to a team of scientists led by Prof. Sara Seager from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gases emitted by alien life forms on habitable...

Reversible assembly of light-powered nano-engines. pNIPAM - poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Image credit: Tao Ding et al / University of Cambridge.

Researchers Develop Light-Powered Nano-Engine

May 4, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, has developed a nanoscale engine — just a few billionths of a meter in size — which...

This artist’s impression shows an imagined view of the three planets orbiting the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / N. Risinger, skysurvey.org / ESO.

Three Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found around Ultracool Dwarf TRAPPIST-1

May 2, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A team of astronomers led by Dr. Michaël Gillon from the University of Liège has discovered three Earth-sized exoplanets around a nearby ultracool dwarf...

NGC 4111. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Elegant Galaxy

Apr 22, 2016 by Natali Anderson

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the beautiful and elegant galaxy NGC 4111. NGC 4111. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy...

This Hubble image, released to celebrate its 26th year in orbit, shows the Bubble Nebula, an emission nebula located 7,100 light-years away. This image allows us to fully appreciate the almost perfectly symmetrical shell which gives the nebula its name. The bright star visible just to the left of center is the Wolf-Rayet star SAO 20575. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team.

Hubble Celebrates 26th Anniversary with Incredible Image of Bubble Nebula

Apr 22, 2016 by Natali Anderson

In celebration of the 26th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured an amazing image of the Bubble Nebula...

This is a mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by Hubble of the Crab Nebula, a 6-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost certainly, Native Americans. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Hester / A. Loll, Arizona State University.

Interstellar Iron Found on Moon’s Surface: Confirmation of Supernovae in Solar Neighborhood

Apr 19, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Gunther Korschinek from the Technical University of Munich, has detected radioactive iron-60 in samples...

The Ganzhorn’s mouse lemur (Microcebus ganzhorni). Image credit: Giuseppe Donati.

Three New Species of Mouse Lemurs Found in Madagascar

Apr 15, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Three new species of the genus Microcebus (mouse lemurs) have been discovered by an international team of scientists from the German Primate Center, the...

This wide-field view of the sky around Alpha Centauri was created from photographic images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Image credit: ESO / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin.

Breakthrough Starshot: Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner Announce Plan to Reach Alpha Centauri

Apr 14, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Theoretical physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking and science philanthropist Yuri Milner unveiled this week a new initiative, called Breakthrough Starshot, to...

This is an artist’s impression of PSO J318.5-22. Image credit: MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz.

Free-Floating Giant Planet Analog Found 95 Light-Years Away

Apr 14, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the youngest and brightest free-floating, planet-like objects within relatively close proximity...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the nearby irregular dwarf galaxy Leo A. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Leo A

Apr 11, 2016 by Natali Anderson

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of an irregular dwarf galaxy known as Leo A. This image from the NASA/ESA...

Reconstruction of a Neanderthal. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

Genetic Scientists Complete First Analysis of Neanderthal Y Chromosome

Apr 8, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Neanderthal Y-chromosome genes disappeared from the genome of modern humans long ago, suggests a new study published this week in the American Journal...

SDSS J1240+6710 (arrow). Image credit: S.O. Kepler et al / Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Astronomers Discover White Dwarf Star with Oxygen Atmosphere

Apr 1, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A team of astronomers led by Dr. Souza Oliveira Kepler from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is reporting the discovery of a white...

Brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus). Image credit: B. Navez / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brown Skuas Can Recognize Individual Humans, New Study Shows

Mar 28, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Ornithologists from South Korea and Poland have shown for the first time that Antarctic brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus), a species that typically...

The waterfall climbing cave fish (Cryptotora thamicola): dorsal view, resting on the bottom of glass tank. Image credit: Daphne Soares.

Cryptotora thamicola: Cavefish Walks Like Four-Legged Creature

Mar 25, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Brooke Flammang from New Jersey Institute of Technology, has identified unique anatomical features in a...

Myloplus zorroi: female (upper image) and male. Image credit: Douglas Bastos / Andrade M.C. et al.

Myloplus zorroi: New Species of Pacu Discovered in Rio Madeira Basin

Mar 23, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Scientists led by Dr. Marcelo Andrade of the Universidade Federal do Para report that they have discovered a new species of omnivorous freshwater fish...

Researchers Find What Causes Jupiter’s X-ray Aurora

Mar 23, 2016 by Natali Anderson

According to a study led by University College London researcher William Dunn, the solar wind is causing intense X-ray bursts over Jupiter’s polar regions. Solar...

This composite image of the galaxy cluster MACS J0717 was made by combining data from NASA’s Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, and NRAO’s Jansky Very Large Array. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CXC / NRAO / AUI / NSF / STScI / R. van Weeren, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / J. Lotz, STScI / HFF Team.

Three Telescopes Capture Image of Extremely Distant Galaxy Cluster

Mar 14, 2016 by Natali Anderson

NRAO’s Karl J. Jansky Very Large Array and two of NASA’s space telescopes — Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble — have captured a stunning...

New study provides the first experimental evidence for compositional syntax in a wild animal species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor). Image credit: Toshitaka Suzuki.

Scientists: Japanese Tits Speak in Phrases

Mar 8, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Japanese tits combine their calls using specific rules to communicate important compound messages, says an international group of ornithologists led by...

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