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...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken an image of the barred spiral galaxy LEDA 857074.
This Hubble image shows the barred spiral...
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur being named Propterodacylus frankerlae documents the transition from the more ancient rhamphorhynchoid...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of the dwarf elliptical galaxy IC 3430.
This Hubble image shows...
Paleontologists have discovered the remains of a deep-snouted tyrannosaurid dinosaur named Asiatyrannus xui in southeastern China.
The fossil remains of...
Characterized by a finless torpedo-shaped body, Nuucichthys rhynchocephalus is the first soft-bodied vertebrate known from the American Great Basin.
Nuucichthys...
Mandibulates are an example of evolutionary success, representing over half of all current species on Earth. Today, mandibulates are everywhere: from sea-dwelling...
In this new image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has focused its lens on the central part of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430.
This Hubble image shows...
Harenadraco prima is the first species of troodontid dinosaur ever found in the Late Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.
Life reconstruction...
Archaeologists in Argentina have analyzed the 21,000-year-old fossil remains with cut marks belonging to a specimen of the exinct glyptodont Neosclerocalyptus,...
A new species of early crocodyloid crocodilian being named Asiatosuchus oenotriensis has been discovered by a team of paleontologists from the Universidad...
A new study, published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, helps resolve one of the longest controversies in paleoanthropology: when did early hominins...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a new infrared image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142.
This...
Astronomers have released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238.
This Hubble image shows...
