Category: 7. Science

New oblique images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) reveal enormous cracks, called grabens, curling around an ancient lunar sea on the Moon’s near-side.

These grabens are part of a broken ring that records how a huge…

New research led by scientists from the University of Cambridge and Latrobe University challenges the classification of the Little Foot fossil as Australopithecus prometheus.

A “house of cards” is such a wonderful English phrase, one now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama. However, its original meaning refers to a fundamentally unstable system.

It’s also the term Sarah Thiele, originally a PhD…

Europe’s towering Ariane 6 rocket is gaining momentum in the heavy-lift launch market as the vehicle gears up for its fifth flight.

The first pair of Galileo navigation…

Earlier this year, leaked budget cuts cast a dark shadow over the future of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope—a multi-billion-dollar instrument with the capacity of “200 Hubbles,” according to experts. Thankfully,…

In 2024, the reef experienced its most widespread coral-bleaching event on record, affecting the entire reef system. By 2025, surveys by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) documented the largest annual drop in live coral…

United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket pictured in June lifting off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. ULA launched its Atlas V rocket fitted with 27 more Amazon Leo satellites for its…

Permits and permissions

All research was conducted in accordance with Chilean regulations. Excavation permits were issued by the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile (CMN) under permit N° 4409 (18.11.2013). Export of osteological samples…