A triple camera module on the back of a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Z Fold 5 smartphone in front … [+] the company’s Unpacked event in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, July 21, 2023. Samsung Electronics unveiled its next-generation foldable devices on July 26 at Galaxy Unpacked in Seoul. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg © 2023 Bloomberg … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered star clusters in the ‘Cosmic Gems’ arc that existed just 460 million years after the Big Bang. This marks the first discovery of star clusters in a young galaxy, as it was when the 13.8 billion-year-old universe was less than 500 million years old. The … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered what could be the earliest star clusters in the universe. JWST discovered the five proto-globular clusters – swarms of millions of stars held together by gravity – within the Cosmic Gems arc, a galaxy that formed just 460 million years after the Sun’s birth. Big bang. The … Read more
This article is a local version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to receive the newsletter every Sunday. Discover all our newsletters here Hello and welcome to the work week. Ding ding. Take your chances for the first debate of the US presidential election on Thursday – although with President … Read more
Scientists have discovered a 246-million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile, the oldest of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere, shedding new light on the early evolution of marine mammals. The largest mass extinction in the fossil record – known as ‘The Great Dying’ – occurred around 252 million years ago, wiping out around 95% … Read more
Scientists have discovered a 246-million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile, the oldest of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere, shedding new light on the early evolution of marine mammals. The largest mass extinction in the fossil record – known as ‘The Great Dying’ – occurred around 252 million years ago, wiping out around 95% … Read more
Stavros Kundromichalis An artist’s reconstruction of the Southern Hemisphere’s oldest known sea-going reptile: nothosaurs swimming along the ancient Antarctic coast of what is now New Zealand about 246 million years ago. CNN — Scientists have discovered a 246-million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile, the oldest of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere, shedding new … Read more
A double quasar has been discovered moving towards a major merger, lighting the ‘cosmic dawn’ just 900 million years after the Big Bang. They are the first quasar few spotted so far back in cosmic time. Quasars grow quickly supermassive black holes in the cores of hyperactive galaxies. Streams of gas are forced down the … Read more
The rapid formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe continues to baffle astronomers, and new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have only deepened the mystery; even challenge existing models of cosmic evolution. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), equipped with the advanced Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), allows scientists to delve deeper into … Read more
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) is one of the defining features of the solar system. It is a huge storm that astronomers have observed since the 17th century. However, the date of founding and lifespan are subject to debate. Have we been seeing the same phenomenon all this time? The GRS is a giant anticyclonic … Read more