Jul 30, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

In a new study, geologists at the University of Texas at Austin have examined large-scale polygons on Mars and compared them to similar features on Earth’s...

Jul 27, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has discovered that almost three quarters of high-mass stars have close companions,...

Jul 27, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have detected the first exoplanetary system with regularly aligned orbits similar to those in our Solar System. In this artist interpretation,...

Jul 26, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected a very special gamma-ray pulsar. A gamma-ray pulsar...

Jul 24, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astrophysicists has developed a new model that shows how an elusive type of black hole can be formed in the gas surrounding their...

Jul 23, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Japanese astronomers using two radio telescopes have produced a map of carbon monoxide distribution in the central region of our Galaxy. While mapping...

Jul 19, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. This artist’s concept shows...

Jul 19, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the Universe’s oldest spiral galaxy yet seen, an object that...

Jul 18, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using three telescopes – APEX in Chile, SMA in Hawaii, and the Submillimeter Telescope in Arizona – have observed the heart of...

Jul 18, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

According to NASA scientists, the unexpected slowing of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft – the so-called ‘Pioneer Anomaly’ – turns out...

Jul 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati have revealed new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including...

Jul 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of Spanish paleoanthropologists has reconstructed the diet of Australopithecus anamensis, a hominid that lived in the east of the African continent...

Jul 12, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

For the first time ever, astronomers from NASA and the University of Tübingen in Germany have detected rare noble gases krypton and xenon in the spectrum...

Jul 11, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected meteorological variations in the atmosphere of the exoplanet...

Jul 9, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologist Dr Robert Mason of the Royal Ontario Museum has recently announced the discovery of mysterious rock formations near the Syrian monastery...

Jul 9, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers has announced a baffling discovery never seen before: an extraordinary amount of dust around a nearby star mysteriously...

Jul 4, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new image of Herbig-Haro 110, a geyser of hot gas flowing from a newborn star. Hubble...

Jul 2, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of archaeologists has discovered a 1,300 year-old Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end...

Jul 2, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman period at the archaeological site of Huqoq...

Jun 29, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers using three different telescopes – NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton in space,...