Beneath Earth’s surface lies a kingdom of undiscovered microscopic life. These “intraterrestrials” survive in some of the harshest conditions on the planet — and scientists are hunting for these microbes.
In this excerpt from “
Category: 7. Science
-
Scientists make breakthrough in lunar chronology with Chang’e-6’s moon samples
This image released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on June 4, 2024, which was taken with the landing camera on the lander of the Chang’e-6 probe, shows a view of the lunar surface. (PHOTO / CNSA VIA XINHUA) BEIJING – For the…
Continue Reading
-
The Sun could one day vapourise Earth: Scientists reveal the planet’s terrifying end |
It almost sounds like a sci-fi movie. But scientists say something like this could really happen to Earth, just not for billions of years. Astronomers have spotted a bizarre strip of iron stretching across the Ring Nebula, like a cosmic bar…
Continue Reading
-
Science history: ‘Father of modern genetics’ describes his experiments with pea plants — and proves that heredity is transmitted in discrete units — Feb. 8, 1865
Milestone: Principles of inheritance discovered
Date: Feb. 8 and March 8, 1865
Where: Brno, in what is now the Czech Republic
Who: Gregor Mendel
On a cold day in February, an Augustinian friar described his experiments breeding garden-variety…
Continue Reading
-
Ancient bones reveal chilling victory rituals after Europe’s earliest wars
A study published in the journal Science Advances is reshaping how researchers understand early human violence. By closely examining the people who died in what may be one of Europe’s earliest known victory celebrations, scientists are…
Continue Reading
-
Scientists make lunar chronology breakthrough with Chang’e-6 samples from far side of moon-Xinhua
BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) — For the first time, scientists have confirmed that the impact cratering rates on the near and far sides of the moon are essentially consistent, laying a solid basis for the establishment of a globally unified lunar…
Continue Reading
-
Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player
Some of the most important players in Earth’s climate system are nearly invisible. Calcifying plankton, microscopic organisms that form hard shells, help regulate the planet’s temperature by capturing carbon and moving it through the ocean. A new…
Continue Reading
-
This weird deep-sea creature was named by thousands of people online
The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), working with scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers and well known science YouTuber Ze Frank, invited the public to help name a newly identified deep-sea chiton (a type of marine mollusk). The…
Continue Reading
-
SpaceX resumes Falcon 9 flights with Starlink satellite launch from California
SpaceX successfully sent another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Saturday (Feb. 7), just five days after standing down in the wake of an anomaly during its prior launch.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 25 Starlink satellites…
Continue Reading
