A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows two protostars in the Orion Nebula, a diffuse nebula located approximately 1,350 light-years...
The newly-discovered species belongs to the mosasaurid genus Carinodens, and was a durophage, adapted for crunching hard-shelled invertebrates.
An artist’s...
This new image from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Hydra.
This...
Paleontologists in Uruguay have discovered large, poorly preserved and incomplete skulls, as well as several associated bones, of ancient aquatic reptiles...
The Antlia galaxy cluster is a group of at least 230 galaxies held together by gravity; this cluster is unusual — unlike most other galaxy clusters,...
The newly-discovered dinosaur species, Lishulong wangi, lies in the heart of the early sauropodomorph-sauropod transition, according to a paper published...
NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy LEDA 22057.
This Hubble image shows LEDA 22057, a...
Paleontologists from the Western University of Health Sciences, Brigham Young University, the Arizona Museum of Natural History and Auburn University have...
Paleontologists from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange have unearthed the fossilized remains of an adult mastodon near Scotchtown, New York, the...
Dubbed Archaeocursor asiaticus, the newly-discovered species is the earliest-diverging ornithischian dinosaur yet discovered in Asia, according to a team...
Atrial fibrillation is an independent risk factor for the development of cognitive impairments. Regular coffee consumption has shown cognitive benefits...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 337.
This Hubble image shows NGC 337, a barred spiral galaxy some...
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial cranial and postcranial remains found in Chubut Province, Patagonia,...
Apachyus madseni is the first fossil representative of the enigmatic earwig family Apachyidae.
Apachyus madseni. Image credit: Simonsen et al., doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.7.
The...
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of early gorgonopsian therapsid that was part of an ancient summer wet biome of equatorial Pangea.
Life reconstruction...
Paleontologists have identified a new species of procolophonid reptile from the fossilized skull and jaw fragments found in southwest England.
Life reconstruction...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2566.
A prominent bar of stars...
The Shangshan culture in ancient China’s Lower Yangzi region is central to understanding the origins of rice domestication and early alcohol fermentation....
The Atacama Trench stretches along the eastern South Pacific Ocean, plunging to depths exceeding 8,000 m off the coast of northern Chile.
Dulcibella camanchaca,...
The Hubble team has released a striking new image of the central part of NGC 5643, a grand design spiral galaxy in the constellation of Lupus.
This Hubble...
