NGC 261 resides within the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of our Milky Way Galaxy’s closest neighbors.
This Hubble image shows NGC 261, an emission nebula...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a detailed image of a spectacular central part of the Triangulum Galaxy.
The Triangulum...
Paleontologists have added another species to the Cretaceous-period dinosaur fauna of Europe, and this one was found in Normandy, France.
An abelisaurid...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this spectacular image of the Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy, a satellite of the Andromeda galaxy.
The...
A stunning new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the spiral galaxy UGC 3478.
This Hubble image shows UGC...
A new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur being named Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus has been discovered in the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation in...
The Hubble astronomers have released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879.
This Hubble...
Scientists from James Madison University have performed a multi-variable investigation of thunderstorm environments in two distinct geographic regions:...
Researchers from the University of Konstanz and elsewhere have sequenced the genomes of the African (Protopterus annectens) and South American lungfishes...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 11861.
This Hubble image shows UGC...
A new species of ancient lungfish from the Triassic period has been identified from fossilized tooth plate material found in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe.
Life...
Paleontologists have unearthed three large (up to 7.2 cm in length) seeds and 43 fossil leaves of an ancient legume species in the Wahana Baratama coal...
Paleontologists from Japan, Belgium and the United States have identified a new species of the extinct genus Ontocetus from a nearly complete pair of fossilized...
Chloride deposits are markers for early Mars’ aqueous past, with important implications for the understanding of the Martian climate and habitability....
An international team of ornithologists has described a cryptic new species of the bird genus Oceanites from Chile.
The Andean storm-petrel (Oceanites...
NASA has released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of the active, central part of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of LEDA 12535, a barred spiral galaxy situated in the famous Perseus...
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Stadthagen Formation of north-western Germany.
An artist’s...
Microwaves have become an essential part of the modern kitchen, but their potential as a reservoir for bacterial colonization and the microbial composition...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of troodontid theropod dinosaur, based on the fossilized remains found in Japan.
Life...
