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Water is a key component of exoplanets, and its distribution – on the surface or deep inside – has a fundamental impact on the planet’s properties.…
The Xingu indigenous people’s homeland in the Amazon could cover more than 900 square kilometres of dark land.Leo F. Freitas/Getty Images The Amazon’s rich soil, farmed…
Bronze Age metal hoard from Weisig, GermanyJ. Lipták/Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen Bronze Age Europeans earned and spent money in much the same way we do today,…
Scientists recently discovered high levels of heat beneath the surface of a suspected volcanic formation on the Moon, using data from China’s lunar rovers Chang’e-1 and…
New species of early crocodile named Asiatosuchus oenotoriensis was discovered by a team of paleontologists from Spain’s National University of Distance Learning and the University of…
Illustration showing LUCA possibly being attacked by a virusScientific Graphic Design The organisms that gave rise to all life on Earth evolved much earlier than previously…
A recent study indicates that the impact rate on Mars may be two to ten times higher than previously thought, depending on the size of the…
The choice to name a new project the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) may come across as presumptuous. Dark energy, you see, is completely unseen; it…
Naming a new project the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) may come across as overly confident. This is because dark energy is undetectable and cannot be…
The discovery was made possible by ESA’s Gaia spacecraft, which is mapping more than a billion stars across the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, tracking their…
Researchers from Finland have identified a rare new color of cat known as “salty licorice.” This cat, with its unique fur, is called the “Salmiak cat”…
The 2020 rules put limits on harmful sulfur dioxide pollution in ship emissions.Robert McGaughey / Industry / Alamy A sharp drop in sulphur dioxide emissions from…
There has been a longstanding debate among scientists about the role of body lice in the spread of the bacteria that caused the deadly plague known…
With persistent stories of isolation, inaccessibility, and unattractiveness, one of the eastern Mediterranean islands was first populated by an influx of agricultural populations from the mainland…
a paper Published in a magazine earlier this month Cretaceous research Announces the discovery of a previously undocumented genus and species of medium-sized ornithopod dinosaurs. Artist's…
Paleontologists have reported fossils of a new genus and species of pseudoscorpion from the Eocene Cambay amber of western India. Geogaranya variensis. Image credit: Agnihotri other,…
Sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus) They are highly social mammals that use clicks to communicate. New research shows that, just like in human language, they can combine…
Elephants increase carbon storage by trampling small trees and grazing on grass. Art Konovalov/Shutterstock Thanks to animals, many ecosystems may be able to store two to…
Discovery of a previously unknown Jurassic Shuotheriid species illuminates early mammalian evolution
In a new study, a team of paleontologists examined the structure of teeth. Feredkodon Chowi aims to better understand the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary paths of…
Scientists on board the research vessel atlantis Five new deep-sea hydrothermal vents have been discovered on the ocean floor at a depth of 2,550 meters (1.6…
Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NSF’s Carl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to locate H1821+643, the closest quasar hosted by a galaxy cluster,…
When plasma emissions from the sun collide with Earth’s atmosphere, magnetic storms can occur Juric Peter/Shutterstock The Carrington event of 1859, the largest solar storm ever…
California methane plume detected by airborne spectrometerNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Nearly a million aerial measurements of the powerful greenhouse gas show that far more methane is…
D-Wave Advantage quantum computer in Jülich, Germany Lucas Schulz/Getty Images Quantum computers can now solve real-world application problems faster than regular computers, suggesting they may be…
Using data from Jupiter aurora distribution experiment (JADE) Instrument equipped NASA spacecraft Junoplanetary scientists calculated that the proportion of oxygen produced on Jupiter's icy moon Europa…
Jupiter’s moon Europa is covered with an icy shell NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Jupiter’s moon Europa may not be as ripe for life as we think.…
Artist’s impression of K2-18b as a potentially habitable ocean world may be incorrect NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmstead (STScI) A distant planet once touted as a…
In a new study, astronomers from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology examined the coupled distribution of spin and orbital orbits of exoplanets in…
Planting trees helps reduce global warming PG Alfexado / Alamy Planting forests helps reduce further global warming by absorbing some of the carbon dioxide we emit…
Scientists have identified five mysterious species of the genus Viper Botrykiss They live in the jungles and cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Botrykis Rahimi. Image…
A recent study suggests that the megalodon’s body shape might not have been as chunky as previously thought. Contrary to popular belief, researchers now suspect that…
Voyager 2's original photo of Neptune (left) and the new study's reprocessed image (right) Patrick Irwin Neptune's true color is a pale greenish-blue similar to that…
A Cochrane review has shown that certain types of insulin can remain effective when stored at room temperature for several months, offering a practical solution for…
New research reveals that immune cells can independently navigate complex environments by actively shaping chemical cues, a discovery with significant implications for understanding immune responses and…
Five new species of hedgehogs have been discovered by scientists in Southeast Asia. These are all types of hedgehogs that have soft, spineless fur, and are…
Scanning electron micrograph of mammalian embryonic stem cellsYorgos Nikas/Science Photo Library The chemical reactions that cells use to power themselves provide important signals for one of…
Recent research has identified the “orbital Hall effect,” a phenomenon that has the potential to significantly improve data storage in future computing devices. This discovery, which…
Nearly one year after astronaut Frank Rubio accidentally lost sight of tomatoes while harvesting them for the XROOTS experiment, two rogue tomatoes have been recovered. This…
A groundbreaking study conducted by the University of Utah and EDF used Google Street View vehicles to closely monitor air quality in the Salt Lake Valley.…
A diagram of Earth 65 million years ago, when CO2 levels were much higher than today. Chris Butler/Science Photo Library Perhaps the most difficult question in…
