NASA’s HiRISE Captures a Bear’s Face on Mars – What Is It Really?
This feature on the surface of Mars looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really? There’s a hill with a V-shaped collapse…
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Diabetes Medications Linked to Multiple Sclerosis: New Study Uncovers Surprising Connection
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science conducted a study to investigate whether taking medication for Type 2 diabetes increases the likelihood…
Harvard Astronomers Have Revealed the True Shape of the Milky Way’s Halo of Stars
A recent study has unveiled the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the disk of our galaxy, known as the stellar halo….
Millions of Supercomputer-Generated “Universes” Reveal How Black Holes Grow
Researchers at the University of Arizona leveraged supercomputing power to create simulations of millions of computer-generated “universes” to test astrophysical predictions that have eluded astronomical…
Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing the Surface of Mars Upward
Giant Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is More Active Than Previously Thought Orbital observations unveil the presence of an enormous mantle plume pushing the surface of…
Science Textbooks Wrong? 525-Million-Year-Old Fossil Defies Common Explanation for Brain Evolution
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain…
Scientists Identify a Potential Source of a Special Kind of Meteorite
Its characteristics may help to explain certain discrepancies in the classification of near-Earth asteroids. When the Chelyabinsk fireball exploded over the Russian sky in 2013,…
Newly Discovered Protein Could Help Save Lives
University of Arizona researchers have found a protein that could be used to produce life-saving antifungals. Yeasts are everywhere, including within and around our bodies,…
Ancient Mars May Have Been Teeming With Life, Until It Drove Climate Change That Caused Its Demise
Early in its history, the red planet would have likely been habitable to methanogens – microbes that make a living in extreme habitats on Earth…
Decrease Your Risk of Dementia: Avoid This Type of Activity While Sitting
Research demonstrated that what older adults do when they are sitting influences their risk of dementia. According to a recent study by the University of…
Massive Impact Crater Beneath the North Atlantic Reveals Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Wasn’t Alone
A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor suggests that more than one asteroid may have hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct….
People Who Snore Are Less Active Throughout the Day
A study indicates a bidirectional relationship between snoring and activity levels. A recent study presented at SLEEP 2022 found that frequent snorers and those at…
This Simple Habit Is the Biggest Predictor of Your Child’s Chances for Success
Compared to other health indicators, sleep is most important. A study presented at SLEEP 2022 found that a community’s sleep health is the most important…
James Webb Space Telescope Just Proved Its Value in the Search for Alien Life
To search for alien life, astronomers will search for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just proved…
Watching the Violent Death of a Rare, Extreme Supergiant Star
By tracing molecular emissions in the outflows around the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, astronomers have obtained the first detailed map of the star’s…
Galactic Belly Flop: Mysterious “Blue Blobs” Reveal a New Kind of Star System
The stellar structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in a process that could be likened to doing a belly…
The James Webb Space Telescope: Prepare for a New Way To See the Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped…
Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean…