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The Mystery of the Quantum Vortex: Unveiling the Twisted Roots of Neutron Stars’ Puzzling Pulses

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Researchers have linked the periodic pulses of neutron stars to internal disturbances influenced by superfluid vortices. A new model suggests that these disturbances follow a power-law pattern observed in several natural phenomena. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A recent study has revealed the origin of the mysterious “heartbeats” observed in neutron stars, linking them to disturbances caused by … Read more

Tiny rock found in outback reveals 2.4 billion year old mystery

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A small black rock brought back by a student from a study trip through the Western Australian outback has been broken open to reveal the remains of 2.4 billion-year-old creatures. The remarkable thing about these microfossils is that they appear to be more complex than anything that existed at the time. Not just a few … Read more

Mystery of what led to the extinction of large animals 50,000 years ago has been SOLVED

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Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths, and another 44 giant, plant-eating

Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths and 44 other giant, plant-eating “megaherbivores” became extinct about 50,000 years ago. Some paleontologists, biologists and others have argued that drastic climate changes during the past two ice ages were responsible for the extinction of these majestic creatures. But a new study has found another culprit: … Read more

Major Megafauna Mystery Solved? Humans Really Did Drive Ancient Giants to Extinction

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Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. A growing body of research shows that this species—and at least 46 other megaherbivores—were driven to extinction by humans. (Source: Engraving by Ernest Grise, photographed by William Henry Jackson. Courtesy Getty’s Open Content Program) AARHUS, Denmark — Imagine a world where elephants roamed Europe, giant ground sloths lumbered across … Read more

New NOvA results increase mystery surrounding neutrinos

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Probability distributions for the value of the larger neutrino mass quadratic splitting of NOvA data when including antineutrino measurements at nuclear reactors. The normal (blue) mass ordering is preferred over the inverse (red) by a factor of 7:1. Credit: NOvA Collaboration The international NOvA collaboration presented new results at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan, … Read more

Did Dinosaurs Inspire the Legendary Griffin? Scientists Have Solved The Mystery

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They once carried a sun god through the sky, kept watch over golden treasures and even protected the mighty Zeus with their sharp beaks; myths about griffins flourished in many ancient civilizations and continue in popular culture to this day. The prevalence of such monstrous, beaked hybrids in various cultures has led some researchers to … Read more

Gravitational wave researchers shed new light on the mystery of the Antikythera mechanism

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Antikythera Mechanism. Credit: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Techniques developed to analyze the ripples in spacetime detected by some of the most sensitive scientific equipment of the 21st century have helped shed new light on the function of the oldest known analog computer. Astronomers from the University of Glasgow have used statistical modeling techniques developed … Read more

Mystery of huge aurora in the polar sky in December 2022 solved by astronomers

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Optical and particle observations by the DMSP satellites in both hemispheres. (A) UV image of the SSUSI on board the DMSP F17 satellite in the Northern Hemisphere (B) UV image of the SSUSI on board the DMSP F17 satellite in … Read more

Scientists may have found an answer to the mystery of dark matter. It is about an unexpected by-product

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. For about fifty years, the scientific community has been grappling with a substantial problem: there isn’t enough visible matter in the universe. All the matter we can see — stars, planets, cosmic dust and everything … Read more

Ancient fossil mystery solved: Scientists discover true identity of ancient sea lizard

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Researchers identified a prehistoric marine reptile found in 1935 as a thalattosaur and not a choristodere, using CT scans and a new specimen. Reconstruction of Pachystrofeus rhaeticuspictured next to a hybodont shark feeding on a Birgeria fish. Credit: James Ormiston Scientists have reclassified a prehistoric marine reptile discovered in 1935 as one of the last … Read more