The planet’s last surviving mammoth population was killed off by a random and sudden mysterious event, a new study has found. The population, which was isolated from the rest of the world for 6,000 years on Wrangel Island in present-day far northern Russia, was previously believed slowly exterminated by genetic inbreeding. But a new study … Read more
A team of physicists from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed an unprecedentedly precise instrument designed to hunt for dark energy, the elusive force accelerating the expansion of the universe. Their experiment – the results of which were published today in the prestigious journal Nature – focuses on a hypothesized particle known as the … Read more
A binary star system containing a massive star and what is likely a black hole, which together are a source of intense X-rays, has been shown to be a smaller-scale example of some of the brightest quasars in the world. the universe. The new findings, from an international team that used NASA‘S Imaging X-ray Polarimetry … Read more
Grenades have fascinated humans for millennia. The ancient Egyptians decorated their jewelry with garnets, and the Greeks called them “lamp stones” because they believed they could help them see in the dark. Recently, crystallized garnet particles have highlighted a fascinating geological link between Australia and Antarctica, uncovering an ancient Antarctic mountain range now under ice. … Read more
Ultimately, after years of research, Boston and other scientists revealed that the microbes in Lechuguilla do much more than just spit out a bit of dirt. Lechuguilla is hidden in thick layers of limestone, the fossilized remains of a 250 million year old reef. The many chambers in such caves are usually formed by rainwater … Read more
Australia’s vast beaches seem a world away from the towering glaciers of Antarctica, and yet clues found in the antipodean sands have led to a dazzling discovery on the frozen continent. The incredible discovery was made when scientists started noticing pink streaks washing up on the remote southern beach of Petrel Cove, about 90km from … Read more
When something turns pink in nature, it is usually not a good sign. But strange pink sand washing up on South Australia’s beaches has exposed an ancient Antarctic mountain range thought to be buried under ice. When pink streaks first appeared in the sand of Petrel Cove, a remote beach that flows into the Southern … Read more
By Stacy Liberatore for Dailymail.com 5:40 PM June 18, 2024, updated 10:16 PM June 18, 2024 Scientists have discovered a mysterious object at the center of our Milky Way that doesn’t meet the criteria of anything else in the Milky Way. The team found that the object emits microwaves, indicating that it contains dust and … Read more
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) interferometer has detected a foreign object only emit microwaves near the center of the Milky Way. Now a new study compares this object to known celestial bodies in this chaotic region of deep space. … Read more
While exploring a crater on Mars that could give scientists insight into life that may once have existed there, NASA said its Perseverance rover made an unprecedented discovery. The rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2021 specifically to explore the ancient Jezero crater, found a mysterious light-colored boulder earlier this month that was … Read more