Category: 7. Science

Astronomers have spotted nickel gas streaming from comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object, a body from outside our solar system, while it was still far from the Sun.

In a new study, researchers used the Very Large Telescope in Chile to catch the…

Astronomers have discovered a superheated “star factory” that existed just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The star factory, a galaxy known as Y1, is birthing stars at a rate 180 times faster than the Milky Way does. The discovery of such…

The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team led by paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of…

A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking Neanderthal skull reveals that a long-standing theory about Neanderthal noses doesn’t pass the sniff test.

The skull comes from the “Altamura Man,” one of the most…

The details of a supernova explosion are still clouded in mystery and subject to vigorous debate. What exactly happens when they explode? What underlying mechanisms are involved? New observations of a supernova with the European Southern…

For the first time, scientists have grown functional, brain-like tissue without using any animal-derived materials or added biological coatings. The development opens the door to more controlled and humane neurological drug…

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a first-of-its-kind hydrophone built around a simple, commercially available microphone. The device, leveraging a common microfabrication process known as…

Mars New Mexico inaugurated its new 30-inch “Lockwood Monster” telescope and conducted a dark-sky viewing party last weekend, to the delight of visitors.

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