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Paleontologists from Australia and China have conducted two groundbreaking studies on the fossilized remains of a remarkable Devonian lungfish. Utilizing advanced imaging technology, they have unearthed…
Recent discoveries of hominin fossils in the Thomas Quarry I cave located in Casablanca, Morocco, provide crucial insights into the early origins of homo sapiens. These…
Artist Rendering of Reflect Orbital Satellite Image Credit: Reflect Orbital The bold initiative by Reflect Orbital aims to commence in 2026, deploying satellites to reflect sunlight…
Sahelanthropus: Fossil comparison with chimpanzees and humans Williams et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eadv0130 The long-standing debate regarding whether our earliest ancestors walked on knuckles like…
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the International Gemini Observatory’s completion, students in Chile chose the Gemini South Telescope to capture an image of NGC…
Illustration of Faraday’s experiment demonstrating the polarization of light by a magnetic field Enrique Sahagun In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday presented the first direct evidence linking…
Illustration of Faraday’s Experiment Revealing the Polarization of Light by a Magnetic Field Enrique Sahagun In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided groundbreaking evidence connecting electromagnetism and…
They are salisbury novichok addict uncovering a murder suspect or even identifying a sexual predator. The research offers fresh insights into why superrecognizers excel at facial…
What is the quantum nature of time? We may be on the verge of discovering it Quality Stock / Alamy How does time manifest for a…
Tektite forms almost pure glass (with minimal crystalline inclusions) when space debris impacts the Earth, causing surface materials to melt and be ejected hundreds or thousands…
The immense black hole at the center of Radio Quasar RACS J032021.44-352104.1 (shortened to RACS J0320-35) is currently expanding at one of the fastest rates ever…
Rocky, Earth-sized planets in our Milky Way may be surrounded by atmospheres, with new research indicating a strong possibility of liquid water on their surfaces, supporting…
Artist’s Impression of the Planet TRAPPIST-1e NASA/JPL-Caltech Exciting indications suggest that one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, located around 40 light-years away, may…
In August, Paris typically quiets down as many residents scatter across the beaches and shores for their monthly vacation. Businesses close, and the city comes almost…
The White Dwarf represents the compact core that forms when stars exhaust their fuel and collapse. These remnants are the ashes of Earth-sized stars, typically about…
The glow within the cluster is the soft luminosity of stars that have been stripped from their galaxy amidst the layers of galaxy clusters. Abell 3667…
For those years that seem to linger without fading away—marking the conclusion of the 25th 007 film and representing Daniel Craig’s iconic portrayal of the beloved…
Paleontologists have extracted ancient enamel protein sequences from fossilized teeth of epiacaratherium sp., a nasal bacteria that thrived in the High Arctic of Canada between 240…
Optimizing Darkness in Your Night Environment Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock Exposure to light at night significantly raises the risk of heart disease, according to extensive research. Various environmental…
3D Models of Skulls from Modern Humans and Neanderthals Courtesy of Kimberly Anne Plomp Abnormalities in the skull that compress the lower brain can lead to…
Modern disk galaxies frequently display distinct thin and thick disks. The mechanisms driving the formation of these two discs and the timeline of their emergence are…
Researchers can construct structures that mimic lab black holes Science Photo Library/Alamy By shaping light into a liquid-like form, researchers aim to deepen their grasp of…
With the aid of the NICAM (Near-infrared camera), astronomers aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured new images of the Sombrero Galaxy. The new…
All living beings, including you, emit subtle, etheric, semi-visible light that continues until death. Recent research supports this idea. This mysterious luminescence might lead one to…
Bright objects falling from space lit up the sky in the Mexican capital around 3am on Wednesday, spreading over plains, volcanoes, and small towns.Videos of a…
According to a team of Harvard physicists, the structure of the optically rotating animal continues in a logarithmic spiral. The evolution of light beams carrying the…
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German paleontologists have unearthed a very well-preserved skeleton of the early Jornaian plesiosauloid species Plesioptery Wildi. MH 7 Skeleton Plesioptery Wildi Abdominal view. Image credit: Marx…
The 20-year Hubble study of Uranus provides valuable data to help you understand the atmospheric dynamics of this distant ice giant. This serves as a proxy…
Megatooth shark, Otodus Megalodonthe iconic shark is primarily represented by the enormous teeth of the Neogene fossil record, but the lack of well-preserved skeletal hampers an…
Light has become a strange material called Super Lidobaac3nes/getty images For the first time, strange solids that can flow like liquids were created from light. Studying…
It's published today International Polar Bear Daynew research will answer questions by showing the first combination of satellite tracking colors and remote camera traps Polar bear…
As we approach February, Skywatchers have a final opportunity to witness the “Planet Parade” lighting up the night sky.The celestial event, where all seven planets in…
We've all seen it frequently in science fiction films, so the concept seems completely plausible. Characters enter commands, and spacecraft reverse speed, jump to hyperspace, and…
Paleontologists have excavated fossilized remains of two Jurassic bird species in the area of Zenge County, Fujian Province, southeastern China. These 149 million-year-old fossils exhibit early…
The number of cats increasing that have died or become ill after consuming raw pet food and raw milk contaminated with the H5n1 virus has prompted…
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that at a time when the Universe was half its current age, a single galaxy behind…
In a new paper, planetary researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Washington introduce a new thermodynamic concept called centotectics to investigate the stability…
MIT physicists used a terahertz laser, a light source that oscillates more than 1 trillion times per second, to directly stimulate the atoms of an antiferromagnetic…
Palaeospondylus ganniwas a small, eel-like creature that lived during the mid-Devonian period, about 390 million years ago, and is among thousands of similarly preserved fossils from…