Jan 14, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have produced an outstanding infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174. This Spitzer image...

Jan 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers...

Jan 10, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy NGC 976. This Hubble image shows NGC...

Jan 4, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a unique object of uncertain nature — possibly a disintegrating...

Jan 3, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have discovered the footprints of large sauropodomorph dinosaurs on the shoreline near Penarth in south Wales, the United Kingdom. An individual...

Jan 3, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

While it looks like a spiral galaxy called NGC 105 is plunging edge-on into a collision with a neighboring spiral galaxy, this is just the result of the...

Dec 31, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur has been identified from a fossilized bone found in China almost 30 years ago. Life restoration of Mamenchisaurus...

Dec 29, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

European wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) originated from the hybridization of western Asian-domesticated table grapes and local wild relatives, according...

Dec 28, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using a mouse model, a team of researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science demonstrated that high-dietary sucrose consumption during...

Dec 27, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The giant gamma-ray flare event, designated GRB 2001415, was emitted by a powerful magnetar in NGC 253, an active starburst galaxy approximately 11 million...

Dec 27, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacularly detailed image of the spiral galaxy UGC 9391. This Hubble image shows...

Dec 24, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of radio astronomers has assembled the most sensitive and detailed view of the neutral hydrogen emission associated with a nearby dwarf galaxy called...

Dec 21, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of dromaeosaurid dinosaur has been discovered by a team of paleontologists from the University of Bath and the University of Portsmouth. Life...

Dec 20, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the open star cluster NGC 1755. This Hubble image shows NGC 1755,...

Dec 16, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Meditation is an effective behavioral intervention for treating various conditions associated with a weakened immune system, according to new research...

Dec 14, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The bony tongue of the newly-identified enantiornithine bird species, Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus, was nearly as long as its head. Life reconstruction...

Dec 13, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have found the ancient charred remains of tea in a bowl from a Warring State period tomb in the ancient capital city site of the Zhu Kingdom,...

Dec 13, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3568. This Hubble image shows NGC 3568, a barred spiral...

Dec 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Named b Centauri (AB)b (or b Centauri b), the newfound exoplanet is estimated to be only 15 million years old and 10 times the mass of Jupiter, according...

Dec 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South telescope have imaged the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, which is located near...