Paleontologists in Argentina have identified a new genus and species of unenlagiine dinosaur. Called Diuqin lechiguanaeit fills a significant gap in the fossil record of these theropod dinosaurs. Life reconstruction of Diuqin lechiguanae. Image credit: Porfiri et al., doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02247-w. Diuqin lechiguanae roamed our planet during the Santonian era of the Cretaceous, between 86 and … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! A swirling black hole hiding within the features of the black holes that merged to create it. Credit: Robert Lea × close to A swirling black hole hiding within the features of the black holes that merged to create it. Credit: Robert … Read more
A swirling black hole hiding within the features of the black holes that merged to create it. Credit: Robert Lea Astronomers believe that at the heart of most, if not all, galaxies lies a gigantic black hole with a mass millions or even billions of times greater than that of our Sun. These supermassive black … Read more
This illustration shows two quasars in the process of merging. Using both the Gemini North Telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, which is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by NSF NOIRLAb, and the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers has observed a pair of merging quasars discovered … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! by Tomasz Nowakowski, Phys.org Discovery transit photometry of SPECULOOS-3 b. Credit: Gillon et al., 2024. × close to Discovery transit photometry of SPECULOOS-3 b. Credit: Gillon et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new … Read more
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using NASA’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They observed twoin disks and parallel jets erupting from a few young stars in the star system WL20, located more than 400 light-years away in the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex. This unexpected finding provides new … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Diagram of discovered orbits of exoplanets. The orbits of exoplanets close to their parent stars tend to become circular over time, but three of the newly discovered exoplanets, except the lower left one, have retained elliptical orbits despite being in … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Left, a mid-infrared image of the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, with the focus pointing toward the galaxy WL20. On the right, WL20 expands to reveal an artist’s impression of this new discovery. Astronomers couldn’t believe … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! During a 2015 expedition to the Gulf of California, MBARI researchers encountered a squid that was hatching exceptionally large eggs. New research suggests that this may represent a previously unknown species in the family Gonatidae. Credit: MBARI × close to … Read more
As the world turns to green hydrogen and other renewable energy sources, scientists have discovered that archaea – the third life form after bacteria and eukaryotes – have been making energy for billions of years using hydrogen gas and ‘ultra-minimal’ enzymes. Specifically, the international team of researchers found that at least nine phyla of archaea, … Read more