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Cryptic New Species of Rhinoceros Snake Identified in China

The Hainan rhinoceros snake (Gonyosoma hainanense). Image credit: Mian Hou / Peng et al., doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.085.
Dec 7, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have described a new species of the snake genus Gonyosoma from Hainan Island, China. The Hainan rhinoceros snake (Gonyosoma hainanense). Image credit: Mian Hou / Peng et al., doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.085. Gonyosoma is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae (commonly known as colubrids). The genus is comprised of almost 10 scientifically recognized species endemic to South Asia. The newly-identified species, named Gonyosoma...

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Left: tracks in the STAR detector from collisions of a 3.85 GeV gold beam in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider hitting a gold target from the left. Upper right: radial projection perpendicular to the beam. Lower right: side projection along the beam. Image credit: STAR Collaboration.

Physicists Investigate Phase Diagram of Nuclear Matter

Dec 7, 2022 by News Staff

Nuclear matter is a hypothetic substance consisting of interacting quarks and gluons in large enough numbers that the system can be considered infinite. Left:...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2002, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Gilmore, University of Cambridge / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Captures Stunning View of NGC 2002

Dec 7, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a beautiful new image of the open star cluster NGC 2002. This Hubble image shows NGC 2002, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years...

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was adapted for hunting along shorelines instead of venturing deep underwater. Image credit: James Gurney.

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Is Not a Specialized Aquatic Dinosaur: Study

Dec 7, 2022 by News Staff

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, a sail-backed theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now North Africa during the Cretaceous period, about 95 million years ago,...

When neutron stars merge, they can produce radioactive ejecta that powers a kilonova signal, as this conceptual image shows. Image credit: Dreamstime.

Hybrid Neutron-Star Merger Detected for the First Time

Dec 7, 2022 by News Staff

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two varieties, long and short. Long GRBs, which last a couple of seconds to one minute, form when a star at least 10 times...

Hypothetical life restoration of a mawsoniid coelacanth from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation. Image credit: S. Gausden.

Fossil of Large Jurassic Coelacanth Found in England

Dec 6, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

Fossilized remains of an enigmatic mawsoniid coelacanth that grew over 1 m long have been discovered by an international team of paleontologists from the...

The new specimen and silhouette of Eromangasaurus australis. Image credit: Queensland Museum.

Australian Paleontologists Unearth 100-Million-Year-Old Elasmosaur Fossil

Dec 6, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists in Australia have unearthed the country’s first head and associated body of a long-necked marine reptile called Eromangasaurus australis. The...

Fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting (before 1350 BCE, today in the British Museum) representing Nebamun, standing in a small boat, fowling and fishing in the marshes, his wife stands behind and his daughter sits beneath, he holds a throw-stick in one hand and three decoy herons in the other, his cat is shown catching three of the numerous birds. Image credit: Marcus Cyron / British Museum.

Cats Were Domesticated in Near East, Genetic Study Suggests

Dec 6, 2022 by News Staff

Cat domestication likely initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent....

An artist’s impression of an active mantle plume -- a large blob of warm and buoyant rock -- rising from deep inside Mars and pushing up Elysium Planitia, a plain within the planet’s northern lowlands. Image credit: Adrien Broquet & Audrey Lasbordes.

Planetary Scientists Find Evidence for Active Mantle Plume on Mars

Dec 6, 2022 by News Staff

Elysium Planitia, a flat-smooth plain just north of the Martian equator, is underlain by an 4,000-km-diameter active mantle plume, according to new research...

This Hubble image shows BSDL 2757, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / L. Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University / G. Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Sees Blue-White Stars in Distant Open Cluster

Dec 6, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the open cluster BSDL 2757. This Hubble image shows BSDL 2757,...

Life reconstruction of Patagopelta cristata. Image credit: Gabriel Díaz Yalten.

New Small-Bodied Ankylosaur Species Unearthed in Argentina

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of nodosaurid ankylosaur has been identified from fossils found in Patagonia, Argentina. Life reconstruction of Patagopelta cristata....

This Webb image shows the Pillars of Creation, a small star-forming region some 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. DePasquale, STScI / A. Pagan, STScI / A. M. Koekemoer, STScI.

Webb Team Releases Composite Image of Pillars of Creation

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers have combined Webb’s near-infrared image with the mid-infrared image, setting the iconic Pillars of Creation ablaze with new details. This...

Iberian owl-like plaques and local owl species: (a) engraved slate plaque found in Cerro de la Cabeza, Valencina de la Concepción, Sevilla, Spain; (b) wild little owl (Athene noctua) pictured in an agricultural area in Valencina de la Concepción in 2021; (c) slate plaque from Mértola, Alentejo, Portugal; the orifices on the upper part may have been used to insert actual feathers; (d) long-eared owl (Asio otus) with erected ear tufts, pictured in Valencina de la Concepción in 2021. Image credit: Juan J. Negro.

Iberian Owl-Shaped Plaques Were Toys Made by Copper Age Children: Study

Dec 5, 2022 by News Staff

In the Copper Age, around 5,000 years ago, owl-shaped, engraved plaques were produced massively in the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers...

This Hubble image shows the young open star NGC 376. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Nota / G. De Marchi.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 376

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced this beautiful image of NGC 376, a young open star cluster in the Small Magellanic...

Varrette et al. run an exploratory study on whether intentionally introduced cognitive behavioral therapy, delivered through the medium of TTRPG groups, could positively affect social skills, reduce anxiety symptoms and behaviors, and enhance the mental well-being of participants. Image credit: Edwin Francisco.

Tabletop Role-Playing Games Reduce Anxiety, New Research Shows

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

In new research, a team of scientists from the Bodhana Group and the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology explored whether intentionally introduced...

These images of Saturn’s moon Titan were captured by Webb’s NIRCam instrument on November 4, 2022. Left: image using F212N, a 2.12-micron filter sensitive to Titan’s lower atmosphere; the bright spots are prominent clouds in the northern hemisphere. Right: color composite image using a combination of NIRCam filters; several prominent surface features are labeled: Kraken Mare is thought to be a methane sea; Belet is composed of dark-colored sand dunes; Adiri is a bright albedo feature. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / A. Pagan, STScI / Webb Titan GTO Team.

Webb Sees Clouds in Hazy Atmosphere of Titan

Dec 2, 2022 by News Staff

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only moon in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere, and it is also the only planetary body other than Earth...

An artist’s impression of Cryptovaranoides microlanius. Image credit: Lavinia Gandolfi.

Modern-Type Lizards Originated in Late Triassic Epoch, Fossil Shows

Dec 2, 2022 by News Staff

Cryptovaranoides microlanius is an extinct relative of living lizards such as monitor lizards, gila monsters and slow worms. An artist’s impression of...

Life reconstruction of Natovenator polydontus. Image credit: Yusik Choi.

Cretaceous Bird-Like Dinosaur Had Adaptations for Swimming and Diving

Dec 2, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur with a streamlined body as in diving birds has been identified from a well-preserved skeleton found in Mongolia. Life...

An illustration of an asteroid on its way to ancient Mars. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO / Nathan Owen-Price / Sci.News.

Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Caused Megatsunami on Early Mars

Dec 1, 2022 by News Staff

The Chicxulub-like asteroid crash landed in shallow ocean waters in the Martian region of Chryse Planitia 3.4 billion years ago (Hesperian period) and...

An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event. Image credit: Carl Knox / OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology.

Astronomers Detect Very Luminous Jet from Star-Eating Supermassive Black Hole

Dec 1, 2022 by News Staff

A supermassive black hole devours a star that has come too close. In extremely rare instances — only about 1% of the time — these so-called...

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