PDS 70, a young K7-type star some 370 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus, is a unique target for planetary formation studies...
The newly-identified species is closely related to the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), the only living representative of Alligatoridae (the crown-group...
ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) shot this image of the reflection nebula IC 2631.
This VISTA image shows IC 2631, a...
A new species of the ctenochasmatid pterosaur genus Petrodactyle has been described from an unusual specimen found in the Late Jurassic limestone beds...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacularly detailed image of the irregular galaxy Arp 263.
This Hubble image shows...
The first generation of stars in the Universe is yet to be observed. There are two leading theories for those objects: hydrogen burning Population III...
Archaeologists in Brazil say they have unearthed 25,000- to 27,000-year-old pendants made of bony material from the extinct giant ground sloth Glossotherium...
The T8-dwarf WISE J062309.94-045624.6 is the coolest and latest-type star observed to produce radio emission, according to an analysis of data from CSIRO’s...
Skeletal disease may hamper the behavior of large predators both living and extinct. In new research, paleontologists from Evidensia Academy and the La...
A 2,000-year-old still life fresco depicting a flat focaccia (Italian flatbread) has been found among the ruins of Pompeii, an ancient Roman city frozen...
Aside from the Moon, the brightest object in our night sky is planet Venus, whose thick cloud layer reflects around 75% of the Sun’s light. By comparison,...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a remarkable image of the strongly lensing galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329.
This...
Feathers are a primitive trait among pennaraptoran dinosaurs, which today are represented by living birds, the only clade of dinosaurs to survive the end-Cretaceous...
The giant exoplanet AF Leporis b orbits a 1.2-solar-mass star in the 24-million-year-old beta Pictoris moving group.
The direct image of the giant exoplanet...
NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Milky Way-sized spiral galaxy NGC 3256.
This Webb image shows NGC 3256,...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the spiral galaxy UGC 11860.
This Hubble image shows UGC 11860, a spiral galaxy...
ESO astronomers have released an absolutely beautiful image snapped by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) of the Sh2-284 nebula.
This image from ESO’s VLT...
Gonkoken nanoi is the first non-hadrosaurid duck-billed dinosaur known from the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
Gonkoken nanoi. Image credit: Gabriel...
An irregular galaxy called ESO 174-1 resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars.
This Hubble image shows ESO 174-1, a highly irregular...
Paleontologists have examined an almost complete skeleton of Macrocollum itaquii, an unaysaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now Brazil...
