A small portion of the Veil Nebula, which is part of a supernova remnant called the Cygnus Loop, was featured in previous Hubble photos, but now new processing...
Congruus kitcheneri, an extinct species of kangaroo that lived in Australia between 2.6 million and 12,000 years ago, was adapted for climbing trees,...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of the face-on barred spiral galaxy Arp 28.
This Hubble image shows Arp 28, a bright barred spiral...
A new species of shark with hypertrophied, slender pectoral fins has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in northern Mexico.
Life reconstruction...
The newly-discovered galaxy, named VLAHFF-J071736+374506 (J0717+3745 for short), is likely the faintest radio-emitting object yet found, according to astronomers...
A new genus and species of aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur has been described from a partial skeleton found in central Chile.
Life reconstruction...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the 1.8-m Pan-STARRS1 telescope have captured a detailed image of the unusual planetary nebula...
A new genus and species of troodontid dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago at the very end of the Cretaceous period has been identified from an isolated...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the star-forming region AFGL 5180.
This Hubble image shows AFGL 5180, a stellar...
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of rebbachisaurid dinosaur from a fossil uncovered in Uzbekistan.
Life reconstruction of Dzharatitanis...
Ninjatitan zapatai lived approximately 140 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch) in what is now Patagonia, Argentina.
Ninjatitan zapatai. Image credit:...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2336.
This Hubble image shows NGC 2336, a barred...
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the most detailed image so far of the 5-million-year-old protoplanetary system SU...
Paleontologists in Morocco have unearthed a crushed ossified lung of an enormous marine coelacanth that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 66...
NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy Messier 64.
This Hubble image shows Messier 64,...
A team of geobiologists from Germany has found biologically-relevant primordial organic molecules and gases in fluid inclusions trapped in 3.5-billion-year-old...
A new species of nostoceratid ammonite that lived during the Coniacian stage of the Cretaceous period has been identified from fossils found in Japan.
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Hundreds of silver coins dating to the first century BCE have been unearthed by archaeologists from Pamukkale University.
The 2,100-year-old silver coins...
Astronomers using the MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured a remarkable image of the spiral galaxy...
