Jun 15, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

For several years, astronomers have been puzzling over a peculiar population of objects discovered by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope —...

Jun 9, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian age, just...

Jun 9, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

New radiocarbon dates from Sala Keimada, a hard-to-reach chamber of Cueva Palomera in the province of Burgos, northern Spain, suggest that generations...

Jun 9, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array, a 42-element radio interferometer at Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Hat Creek, California, astronomers...

Jun 8, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have captured a spectacular image of two little-known nebulae: Gum 10 and Gum 11. This VST image shows Gum...

Jun 5, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator, firing electrons to relativistic...

Jun 4, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Jian changmaensis is the first non-avian dinosaur found at a paleontological site that has yielded more than 100 specimens of Early Cretaceous birds. Jian...

Jun 4, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Neolithic people, not glaciers, moved the Altar Stone — the six-ton central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge — from northeast Scotland to Salisbury...

Jun 1, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the spectral data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected methane...

Jun 1, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A newly-released Hubble image shows Messier 88, a black hole-powered spiral galaxy that is gradually plunging toward the crowded heart of the Virgo Cluster. This...

May 27, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of bipedal shuvosaurid archosaur from New Mexico, shedding light on a group of creatures that roamed North...

May 27, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

For more than four and a half millennia, the Khufu Pyramid has stood on the Giza plateau, enduring dozens of earthquakes without serious structural damage....

May 25, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Canada say they have recovered a dinosaur tail vertebra from 75- to 80-million-year-old marine rocks on a small island off the coast...

May 25, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using spectral data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers analyzed the atmosphere...

May 22, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in southern France, pushing the presence...

May 22, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A stunning new image from the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i, reveals the Crystal Ball Nebula in unprecedented...

May 19, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early monofenestratan pterosaur based on a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil skeleton...

May 18, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

NGC 1266 appears frozen between two cosmic identities, offering astronomers a close-up look at how star formation shuts down. This Hubble image reveals...

May 15, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A large tyrannosaurid dinosaur may have stalked the floodplains of what is now New Mexico nearly 74 million years ago, according to a team of paleontologists...

May 14, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of somphospondylan titanosauriform dinosaur — the largest ever found in Southeast Asia —...