The First Truly Semiaquatic Dinosaur, Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus
An international team of scientists has unveiled the first truly semiaquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. New fossils of the massive Cretaceous-era predator reveal it adapted to…
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NuSTAR Discovers Pulsar Powering Intense Gamma Rays
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning five times per second and the ultimate power source of both the high-energy…
Martian Meteorite Reveals the Possibility of Life on Mars
An unusual feature embedded deep within a fragment of a Martian meteorite is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars….
Mysterious Holes in the Atmosphere of Venus
New research investigates the mysterious holes discovered by ESA’s Venus Express on the nightside of Venus’s ionosphere, finding evidence that the sun’s magnetic field lines…
Hubble Discovers a Companion Star to a Rare Type of Supernova
Using optical light data and Hubble’s UV light images, astronomers have discovered the companion star of a rare Type IIb supernova. The discovery confirms a…
Biologists Delay the Aging Process by Increasing AMPK Gene
Working with fruit flies, UCLA biologists showed that increasing the amount of the AMPK gene in fruit flies’ intestines increased their lifespans by about 30…
Lupus 4 – A Spider-Shaped Blob of Gas and Dust
ESO’s Wide Field Imager at the La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this new image of Lupus 4, which is located about 400 light-years away…
Researchers Discover New Evidence of Planets Forming 335 Light Years from Earth
Using a technique called “spectro-astrometry,” which enables small changes in the position of the carbon monoxide emission to be measured, astronomers have discovered new evidence…
Scientists Discover New Supermassive Dinosaur Species – Dreadnoughtus Schrani
A team of scientists at Drexel University have unveiled a new supermassive dinosaur species discovered between 2005 and 2009. Weighing in at nearly 65 tons…
Newly Identified Galactic Supercluster Clarifies the Boundaries of Our Galactic Neighborhood
Astronomers have identified a new galactic supercluster, clarifying the boundaries of our galactic neighborhood and establishing previously unrecognized linkages among various galaxy clusters in the…
Spitzer Space Telescope Views Collision Between Large Asteroids
Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a huge amount of fresh dust around NGC 2547-ID8, leaving scientists to believe that two large asteroids…
Astronomers Discover a Massive Galaxy in Its Core Formation Phase
By combining observations from several telescopes, astronomers have viewed a massive galaxy in its core formation phase three billion years after the Big Bang. Astronomers…
Neuroscientists Improve Touch Sensitivity in Mice
Neuroscientists from Brown University show that faint sensations can be made more vivid by triggering a brain rhythm that appears to shift sensory attention in…
Researchers Identify Gut Bacteria That Protect Against Food Allergies
A newly published study from the University of Chicago reveals that the common gut bacteria Clostridia prevent sensitization to allergens in a mouse model, paving…
ESA Identifies Five Candidate Landing Sites on Comet 67P
Rosetta Spacecraft data have allowed scientists to identify five candidate sites to set down the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November. Using detailed information…
Mysterious 3D Grid of Quantum “Tornadoes” in Liquid Helium Revealed
A new experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory revealed a 3D grid of quantum “tornadoes” inside microscopic droplets of supercooled liquid helium, allowing scientists…
Solar Energetic Particles May Have Significantly Altered the Properties of Lunar Soil
New research shows that high-energy particles from large solar storms can penetrate the moon’s polar regions and electrically charge the soil, causing electrostatic breakdown and…
Two Star Formation Regions in the Southern Milky Way
This new image from the European Southern Observatory shows two dramatic star formation regions (NGC 3603 and NGC 3576) in the southern Milky Way. This…
