Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic seafloors. It is also necessary to determine the intensity of phytoplankton local production during the Antarctic summer, as stated in a new study by a...
93-million-year-old shark would have resembled manta and devil rays.
Researchers announced the discovery of a nearly complete fossil of the shark, called Aquilolamna milarcae, that lived during the Cretaceous Period at a time when dinosaurs ruled the land.
Its unusual proportions – a fin span of about 6-1/4 feet (1.9 meters)...
In 2017, the first interstellar object from beyond our solar system was discovered via the Pan-STARRS astronomical observatory in Hawaii. It was named 'Oumuamua, meaning "scout" or "messenger" in Hawaiian. The object was like a comet, but with features that were just odd enough to defy classification.
Two Arizona...
The fossil in question is that of an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs that thrived during the Cretaceous Period, the third and final time period of the Mesozoic Era (commonly known as the ‘Age of Dinosaurs’) that extended from 145 to 66 million years ago. The new...
Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station. This is the second crew rotation flight with astronauts on the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the first launch with two international partners as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
The launch, on a Falcon...
During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical instruments designed specifically for planet searches. Also, using a combination of different observing techniques they have been able to determine a large number of...
Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf is replete with giant cracks.
Scientists have been keeping tabs on the capricious ice for years, and the event they'd been watching out for finally happened on Friday: An iceberg more than 490 square miles (1,270 square kilometers) in size splintered off the shelf. It's...
Internet sleuths have found a hidden message secreted in the parachute that helped the Perseverance rover land on Mars last week. If you're raising a skeptical eyebrow right now, hold your horses. NASA does have precedence for this, and the message is a well-known NASA motto.
No, it's not...
Researchers at an archaeological site near Pompeii announced Saturday “an exceptional discovery,” an intact ceremonial chariot from a villa near the ruins of the southern Italian city.
The announcement, from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, said the chariot was “an extraordinary find” that “has no parallel in Italy thus far.”
The...
The waters of the Kusatu Onsen hot springs have been shown to inactivate the coronavirus according to testing carried out by a team at Gunma University.
People could be seen visiting the ancient springs in Gunma prefecture, and watching artists perform the traditional art of cooling hot springs named ‘Yumomi,’...
