Sep 15, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of rodent in Acarechimys, an extinct genus with a widespread South American distribution, from a partial...

Sep 15, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new image of the central part of the edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82. This Hubble...

Sep 10, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a complete skull and skeleton of a Triassic lepidosaur species — named Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae — in the...

Sep 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of the extinct turtle genus Craspedochelys based on a remarkable fossil shell and some of its postcranial...

Sep 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A striking new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a star cluster called N11, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This Hubble...

Sep 1, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of early eusauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period of China. Mamenchisaurus...

Sep 1, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the spiral...

Aug 28, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a beautifully preserved skull and jaws as well as part of the postcranial skeleton of a previously unknown peirosaur species...

Aug 26, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of paleontologists from New Zealand and Australia has described a new extinct shelduck species from Holocene fossil bone deposits on the Rēkohu...

Aug 25, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of stem-chelydrid turtle using complete fossilized shells and associated material found in the Early...

Aug 25, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacularly detailed image of the asymmetric spiral galaxy Messier 96. This Hubble...

Aug 18, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for Canada and fills...

Aug 18, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2835. This Hubble image shows NGC 2835, a...

Aug 14, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a new species in the extinct kangaroo genus Dorcopsoides. The greater forest-wallaby...

Aug 13, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

New hominin fossils recovered from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area in the Afar region of Ethiopia suggest the presence of early Homo at 2.78 and...

Aug 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from an almost complete and articulated skeleton found in the 2000s in Mongolia. Life...

Aug 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning new image of part of a spiral galaxy called NGC 45. This Hubble image shows...

Aug 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Wudingloong wui lived in what is now Yunnan, China, around 200 million years ago (Early Jurassic epoch). Reconstructed skeleton and representative bones...

Aug 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using two instruments onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured new high-resolution images of the planetary nebula...

Aug 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A striking new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows incredible details in the Tarantula Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region located in...