Category: 7. Science

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of viruses – and possibly also into the origins of multicellular life.

The virus was found infecting an amoeba in a…

In the skies of Earth in February, six of the seven other planets—all except Mars—can be seen in the early evening, but not all at once.

Look for the two innermost planets in twilight: Mercury is best in the second and third weeks,…

Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.

It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster.

That and about 2000 more new asteroids…

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Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes.

That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped by pressures that speed up adaptation rather…

February’s full moon, also known as the “Snow Moon”, is glowing up in the evening sky.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports that the moon will be in its full illumination on Sunday,…

Astronomers have long faced a strange contradiction: most stars are born in pairs, and most stars have planets, so logically, planets orbiting two stars at once should be common. However, in reality, planets orbiting binary stars are…