Nov 20, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of a new species of the Pleistocene eagle genus Dynatoaetus in Victoria Fossil Cave at Naracoorte,...

Nov 20, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the irregular galaxy NGC 2814. This Hubble image shows NGC 2814, an irregular...

Nov 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Gezer is an ancient southern Levantine city well-known from Egyptian, Biblical and Assyrian sources, associated with power struggles, conquests, and intriguing...

Nov 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Mongolia have unearthed a nearly complete and articulated skeleton of a previously unknown genus and species of alvarezsaurid dinosaur...

Nov 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

ESA’s Euclid spacecraft has taken a stunning image of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, which is located in the constellation of Sagittarius. This Euclid...

Nov 15, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have discovered 27 bird footprints and other traces — dated to between 120 and 128 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch) —...

Nov 15, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from ESA’s Euclid mission provides a detailed look at the spiral galaxy IC 342, which is also known as the Hidden Galaxy. This Euclid image...

Nov 14, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Euclid team has released a beautiful new image of NGC 6397, one of the closest globular clusters to Earth. NGC 6397, or GCl 74, is located 7,800 light-years...

Nov 13, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in China have unearthed and examined three adult skeletons and five clutches of embryo-containing eggs of Qianlong shouhu, a previously...

Nov 13, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new photo of NGC 1385, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax. This Hubble image...

Nov 10, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved, almost complete left frontal (part of the skull roof) of a previously unknown species of megaraptorid...

Nov 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of paleontologists from the Netherlands, Canada and the United Kingdom has examined the wear marks on the teeth of several species of mosasaurs,...

Nov 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Euclid team has released a spectacularly panoramic and detailed image of the Horsehead nebula. This image from ESA’s Euclid spacecraft shows the...

Nov 8, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from ESA’s Euclid telescope shows approximately 1,000 galaxies belonging to the Perseus cluster — a cluster of galaxies 240 million...

Nov 8, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

New research demonstrates that the brain of Thescelosaurus neglectus, a small plant-eating neornithischian dinosaur that lived just before the end-Cretaceous...

Nov 7, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists in Belgium have demonstrated that spearthrowers were used for launching projectiles armed with tanged flint points at the Early Upper Paleolithic...

Nov 7, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Observations of quasars reveal that many supermassive black holes were in place less than 700 million years after the Big Bang. However, the origin of...

Nov 6, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a beautiful new image of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 941. This Hubble image...

Nov 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in China have unearthed and examined the superbly preserved fossilized remains of two lamprey species from the Jurassic Yanliao Biota....

Nov 2, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful ultraviolet image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the gas giant Jupiter. This Hubble image shows Jupiter in ultraviolet...