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This Hubble image shows the elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and a star-forming peculiar galaxy called Minkowski’s object. Image credit: NASA / ESA / S. Croft, Eureka Scientific Inc. / Gladys Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Strange Pair of Galaxies

May 24, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers have released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the huge elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and its much smaller companion...

Life reconstruction of Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus. Image credit: Masato Hattori.

New Dinosaur Species Identified in Japan

May 23, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of therizinosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period has been identified from the fossilized remains unearthed on...

The wandering salamander (Aneides vagrans). Image credit: Christian Brown.

Wandering Salamanders are Able to Maneuver in Freefall, Study Shows

May 23, 2022 by News Staff

Wandering salamanders (Aneides vagrans) reside in the crowns of the world’s tallest trees, California’s coast redwoods, and have been observed to readily...

This Hubble image shows NGC 1023, a barred lenticular galaxy some 36 million light-years away in the constellation of Perseus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Sivakoff, University of Alberta / G. Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Close-Up of NGC 1023

May 23, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have unveiled a beautiful image of the massive lenticular galaxy NGC 1023. This Hubble image shows...

Scientists Synthesize Crystalline Gamma-Graphyne

May 23, 2022 by News Staff

Graphynes are two-dimensional carbon allotropes similar to the wonder material graphene that is optically transparent and mechanically flexible, and yet...

This Hubble image shows Liller 1, a globular cluster some 30,000 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / F. Ferraro.

Hubble Observes Extremely Distant Globular Cluster

May 23, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new photo of the globular cluster Liller 1. This Hubble image shows Liller 1, a globular cluster...

This Hubble image shows IC 4271, a pair of superimposed spiral galaxies some 800 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Image credit: NASA / ESA / B. Holwerda, University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. / G. Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Looks at Curious Pair of Spiral Galaxies

May 20, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy pair IC 4271, which is found in the constellation of Canes Venatici. This Hubble...

An artist’s rendition of Quetzalcoatlus northropi. Image credit: James Kuether.

Quetzalcoatlus and Other Giant Pterosaurs were Short-Range Flyers, Study Suggests

May 20, 2022 by News Staff

With a 11 to 12-m wingspan, Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar pterosaurs to the public. First discovered...

The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), adult female, in Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa. Image credit: Derek Keats / CC BY 2.0.

Rapid Global Warming is Driving Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbills to Local Extinction

May 20, 2022 by News Staff

In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, a team of scientists in South Africa assessed the effects of air temperature and...

Solar Orbiter Sends Back Spectacular Images of the Sun

May 20, 2022 by News Staff

On March 26, 2022, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft made the first of its close perihelion passages. The spacecraft flew closer to the Sun than the...

13,000-Year-Old Red Ocher Quarry Found in Wyoming

May 19, 2022 by News Staff

Intact artifacts and features found at the Powars II site, a red ocher (also known as hematite) quarry located in the foothills of the southern Rocky Mountains...

Sustained intake of cranberry over a 12-week period produced significant improvements in memory and neural function in older adults who were cognitively healthy. Image credit: MrGajowy3.

Study: Daily Cranberry Consumption Improves Episodic Memory and Neural Function in Older Adults

May 19, 2022 by News Staff

Daily cranberry supplementation (equivalent to 1 small cup of cranberries) over a 12-week period improves episodic memory performance and neural functioning,...

Life restoration of the dolphins from the Upper Marine Molasse chasing a group of eurhinodelphinids: Kentriodon (foreground), a squalodelphinid (background, left) and a physeterid (background, right). Image credit: Jaime Chirinos.

20-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Two New Cetacean Species

May 19, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Two new species of ancient cetaceans related to modern dolphins and sperm whales have been identified from the 20-million-year-old fossilized ear bones...

A charm quark (c) in a parton shower loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of gluons (g). The shower displays a dead cone of suppressed radiation around the quark for angles smaller than the ratio of the quark’s mass (m) and energy (E). The energy decreases at each stage of the shower. Image credit: Daniel Dominguez / CERN.

CERN Physicists Directly Observe Fundamental Phenomenon in Quantum Chromodynamics

May 19, 2022 by News Staff

In particle collider experiments, elementary particle interactions with large momentum transfer produce quarks and gluons (known as partons) whose evolution...

This Hubble image shows the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 474. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Carter, Liverpool John Moores University / G. Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Catholic University of America.

Hubble Captures Stunning Image of Giant Elliptical Galaxy

May 19, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The subject of the new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is NGC 474, a gigantic elliptical galaxy located some 100 million light-years from...

Oat (Avena sativa). Image credit: Hans Braxmeier.

Researchers Sequence Genome of Oat

May 18, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Cultivated oat (Avena sativa) is an allohexaploid crop thought to have been domesticated more than 3,000 years ago while growing as a weed in wheat, emmer...

InSight captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

InSight is Gradually Losing Solar Power, NASA Says

May 18, 2022 by News Staff

By December 2022, NASA expects its InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander to have become inoperative,...

With over a million species described, insects are a treasure trove of diversity and represent boundless possibilities as research tools for answering fundamental questions in biology. Current approaches for insect gene editing require microinjection of materials into early embryos, which is highly challenging in most species. Shirai et al. established and optimized a simple and efficient method for insect gene editing by adult injection, which can be readily implemented in any laboratory and directly applied to a great diversity of non-model insect species. Image credit: Shirai et al., doi: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100215.

Scientists Develop New CRISPR Method for Insect Gene Editing

May 18, 2022 by News Staff

Current approaches for insect gene editing require microinjection of materials into early embryos. This severely limits the application of gene editing...

The ancient temple at Esna, Egypt: the flying vultures on the central section of the ceiling, with the northern crossbeam (architrave) behind. Image credit: Ahmed Emam / MoTA.

Archaeologists Find Spectacular Frescoes in Ancient Egyptian Temple

May 18, 2022 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered a series of vibrantly-colored frescoes in an ancient temple at Esna, Egypt, located about 60 km south of the ancient Egyptian...