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An individual footprint of a sauropodomorph dinosaur on the foreshore near Penarth, south Wales, the United Kingdom. Image credit: Peter Falkingham, Natural History Museum, London.

Triassic Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Wales

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...

The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on December 25, 2021, on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe. Image credit: ESA / CNES / Arianespace.

Webb Launches to Study Universe in Infrared

Dec 26, 2021 by News Staff

The James Webb Space Telescope, an international partnership between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), launched at 7:20 a.m. EST (13:20 CET)...

Magnesium-18. Image credit: S.M. Wang / Fudan University & Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University.

Physicists Create New Isotope of Magnesium

Dec 24, 2021 by News Staff

Magnesium-18 (18Mg) is the lightest isotope of magnesium, which is element 12 on the periodic table. Magnesium-18. Image credit: S.M. Wang / Fudan University...

A life recreation of Cymbospondylus youngorum stalking the Nevadan oceans of the Late Triassic epoch, some 246 million years ago. Image credit: Stephanie Abramowicz.

244-Million-Year-Old Giant Ichthyosaur Unearthed in Nevada

Dec 24, 2021 by News Staff

With a skull size of 2 m (6.6 feet) and an estimated body size of 17 m (56 feet), the newly-identified ichthyosaur species is the largest animal discovered...

This artist’s impression shows an example of a free-floating planet with the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex visible in the background. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

Astronomers Find At Least 70 Free-Floating Exoplanets in Nearby Star-Forming Region

Dec 22, 2021 by News Staff

Using observations and archival data from several space- and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a rich population of free-floating planets...

An artist’s reconstruction of the oviraptorosaur egg and embryo from the Hekou Formation, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, southern China. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

Paleontologists Find Exceptionally Preserved Embryo inside 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg

Dec 22, 2021 by News Staff

The fossilized dinosaur egg from the Hekou Formation, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, southern China, is elongate ovoid in shape with dimensions of 16.7 cm...

Shin et al. provide evidence that dark chocolate consumption in everyday life influences physiological and psychological states. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Daily Consumption of 85% Dark Chocolate May Improve Your Mood

Dec 22, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

New research by scientists from Seoul National University, Korea Food Research Institute and Chungnam National University suggests that dark chocolate...

The 326-million-year-old fossilized section of the giant millipede Arthropleura, found in a sandstone boulder in the north of England. Image credit: Neil Daves.

Fossil of Giant Millipede Unearthed in England

Dec 21, 2021 by News Staff

Arthropleura, an enormous myriapod that lived some 326 million years ago (Carboniferous period), is estimated to have been 55 cm (1.8 feet) in width and...

New Bird-Like Dinosaur Species Unearthed on Isle of Wight

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...

The barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma). Image credit: MBARI.

Deep-Sea Fish with Transparent Head Caught on Camera

Dec 16, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A deep-sea fish species called the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) has been observed with MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana in Monterey...

The leggiest animal on Earth: a female of Eumillipes persephone with 330 segments and 1,306 legs. Scale bar - 0.5 mm. Image credit: Marek et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02447-0.

New Record-Setting Species of Millipede Has 1,306 Legs

Dec 16, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Eumillipes persephone, the new record-setting species of millipede from Western Australia, is a diminutive (0.95 mm wide and 95.7 mm long) animal with...

Parker Solar Probe has flown through the solar corona and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Parker Solar Probe Enters Magnetized Atmosphere of the Sun

Dec 15, 2021 by News Staff

The high temperatures and strong magnetic fields of the Sun’s upper atmosphere — the corona — form streams of the solar wind that expand...

In this illustration of the center of the Milky Way, stars are seen to be in close orbit around Sagittarius A*. Image credit: Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva, Spaceengine / M. Zamani, NOIRLab.

Astrophysicists Make Most Precise Measurement Yet of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole Mass

Dec 15, 2021 by News Staff

Sagittarius A*, supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, has a mass of 4.3 million times that of the Sun, according to an analysis...

Life reconstruction of Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus. Image credit: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Cretaceous-Period Bird Had Hyper-Elongated Tongue

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...

The 2,400-year-old tea residue from a bowl found in the ancient capital of the Zhu Kingdom in Zoucheng, Shandong province, China. Image credit: Jiang et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95393-w.

2,400-Year-Old Tea Residue Found in China

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,...

The Adler’s mouse opossum (Marmosa adleri) is much smaller than its sister species (pictured here), the Alston’s mouse opossum (Marmosa alstoni). Image credit: Victor Acosta.

New Species of Mouse Opossum Discovered in Panama

Dec 10, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History, Siena College and the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, has discovered...

An artist’s impression of b Centauri b and its host stars. Image credit: ESO / L. Calçada.

SPHERE Directly Images Wide-Orbit Gas Giant in Nearby Binary System

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...

An artist’s reconstruction of Stegouros elengassen. Image credit: Luis Pérez López.

Subantarctic Armored Dinosaur Had Bizarre Tail Weapon

Dec 8, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of ankylosaur has been identified from an almost complete skeleton found in Chilean Patagonia. An artist’s reconstruction of...

An artist’s rendition of Quetzalcoatlus northropi. Image credit: James Kuether.

Fossils Reveal Unique Walking Behavior of Quetzalcoatlus

Dec 8, 2021 by News Staff

With a 11-12-m wingspan (37-40 feet), Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar pterosaurs to the public. Its...