Scientists analyze samples NASA brought back from an asteroid got a surprising detection that may be the room rock was once part of a bygone era Ocean world. What the team found was water-soluble magnesium-sodium phosphate in mottled rocks – a mineral no one expected, as it didn’t show up in the data the spacecraft … Read more
A special high-speed winch that the researchers used to quickly raise and lower instruments to track the movements of the dye underwater. Credit: San Nguyen Until now, no large-scale ocean circulation in which deep water rises to the surface had ever been observed. For the first time, researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at … Read more
A collage of five of the comb jellies examined. The red coloration, as seen in the two specimens on the right, is common in deep-sea animals. Credit: 2021 Jacob Winnikoff The bottom of the ocean is not hospitable. There is no light; the temperature is freezing; and the pressure of all the water above will … Read more
On September 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule on Earth containing pristine carbonaceous regolith collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. These samples were obtained after the probe completed an impressive seven-year tour of the solar system and back. Since these pieces of space rock arrived (about 120 grams of sample, to be precise), … Read more
More than 400 million years ago, an upwelling of hot rock from the Earth’s mantle caused the Earth’s crust in Mongolia to tear apart. This created an ocean that lasted for 115 million years. The geological history of this ocean could help researchers understand the Wilson cycles, or the process by which supercontinents break apart … Read more
Scientists have found the first evidence of insects crossing an entire ocean – after finding butterflies making a 2,600-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Gerard Talaveraan evolutionary biologist at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona, made the discovery in 2013 in French Guiana, when he saw a flock of painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) sitting on … Read more
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A special high-speed winch that the researchers used to quickly raise and lower instruments to track the movements of the dye underwater. Credit: San Nguyen. Credit: San Nguyen For the first time, researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography led an international team that directly measured cold, deep water upwelling via turbulent mixing … Read more
Early one morning in late October 2013, Gerard Talavera, an entomologist, spotted something highly unusual: a flock of painted lady butterflies stranded on a beach in French Guiana. The painted lady, or the species Vanessa cardui, is one of the world’s most common butterflies, but is not found in South America. Yet there they lay … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is now Mercato San Severino in Italy. Credit: F. Tissot × close to A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is … Read more