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This Hubble image shows NGC 247, a spiral galaxy some 11.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cetus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / H. Feng, Tsinghua University / G. Kober, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Needle’s Eye Galaxy

May 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking photo of a section of the spiral galaxy NGC 247. This Hubble image shows...

The smashed jars from the Giv’ati Parking Lot excavations on the southwestern slope of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Sasha Flit, Tel-Aviv University.

Judah Kingdom’s Elite Consumed Wine Enriched with Vanilla, Archaeologists Say

May 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Antiquities Authority have analyzed...

An artist’s impression of the two-planet system HD 260655. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Two Rocky Exoplanets Found Orbiting Bright Red Dwarf

May 10, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a transiting multi-planetary system around a nearby red dwarf (M-dwarf)...

Lake Snow Eagle lies in a canyon in East Antarctica covered by a thick ice sheet. Image credit: University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

Huge Subglacial Lake Discovered in East Antarctica

May 10, 2022 by News Staff

Named Lake Snow Eagle, the newly-discovered subglacial lake is approximately 42 km in length and 370 km2 in area, making it one of the largest subglacial...

These Spitzer and Webb images show part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb’s MIRI Camera Focuses on Large Magellanic Cloud

May 10, 2022 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is aligned across all four of its science instruments, as seen in a previous engineering image. The Webb team...

Capsaicin is a chemical compound derived from chili peppers. Image credit: Jill Wellington.

Capsaicin: Researchers Look into Health Benefits of Active Component of Chili Peppers

May 10, 2022 by News Staff

You’re at an Indian, Mexican or Thai restaurant. You bite into a reddish substance. Immediately, your tongue tingles, you feel a rush of heat, you break...

In this simulation of a supermassive black hole merger, the blue-shifted black hole closest to the viewer amplifies the red-shifted black hole in the back through gravitational lensing. Davelaar & Haiman discovered a distinct dip in brightness when the closest black hole passed in front of the shadow of its counterpart, an observation that could be used to measure the size of both black holes and test alternative theories of gravity. Image credit: Jordy Davelaar.

Scientists Develop Method to Image Shadows Cast by Black Hole Binaries

May 10, 2022 by News Staff

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration released stunning images of M87*, a 6.5-billion-solar-mass black hole in the center of the...

A citizen scientist spotted the main-belt asteroid 2001 SE101 passing in front of the Crab Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Thévenot, @AstroMelina.

Citizen Science Project Identifies 1,701 Asteroid Trails in Hubble Images

May 9, 2022 by News Staff

Large and publicly available astronomical archives open up new possibilities to search for and study small solar system objects such as asteroids and comets. A...

While submerged, Trechalea extensa uses a film of air to hide from predators. Image credit: Lindsey Swierk.

Some Tropical Spiders Can Stay Underwater for as Long as 30 Minutes

May 9, 2022 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Binghamton University, the Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies, the California State University Sacramento and the Universidade...

These dark slope streaks resulted from dust avalanches in Acheron Fossae, Mars. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured them on December 3, 2006. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona.

Planetary Scientists Crack Mystery of Martian Dust Avalanches

May 9, 2022 by News Staff

In the 2000s, planetary researchers spotted ghostly, blue-white morning frost on the Martian surface in visible light images from NASA’s Mars Odyssey...

Young males with a poor diet saw a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression when they switched to a healthy Mediterranean diet. Image credit: Barbara Jackson.

Study: Mediterranean Diet Improves Depressive Symptoms in Young Men with Clinical Depression

May 9, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

New research highlights the important role of nutrition for the treatment of depression and should inform advice given by clinicians to young men. Young...

This Hubble image shows DEM L 249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chu.

Hubble Spots Tattered Remnant of Ancient Supernova in Large Magellanic Cloud

May 9, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of a supernova remnant called DEM L 249. This Hubble image shows DEM L 249, a remnant...

Reconstruction of Pandanus estellae. Image credit: Alison Douglas.

30-Million-Year-Old Screw Palm Fossil Identified as New Species

May 6, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-identified species of screw palm, named Pandanus estellae, is significant because it provides credible pre-Pleistocene evidence of the genus...

Vivash et al. investigated the safety and tolerability of treatment with sodium selenate in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, and evaluated measures of efficacy to inform future randomized-controlled trials of sodium selenate in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. Image credit: Mohamed Hassan.

Sodium Selenate Shows Promise for Patients with Dementia

May 6, 2022 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions has demonstrated that 12 months of treatment...

Survey locations on the Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica: electromagnetic imaging stations were set up in two general areas (yellow markings); the researchers traveled to wider areas to perform other tasks, shown by red dots. Image credit: Gustafson et al., doi: 10.1126/science.abm3301.

Vast Saline Groundwater System Discovered Deep Under Antarctic Ice

May 6, 2022 by News Staff

According to new research published in the journal Science, subglacial sediments beneath Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica are saturated with a mixture...

Yao et al. propose a potentially available extraterrestrial photosynthesis pathway on the Moon, which will help us to achieve a zero-energy consumption extraterrestrial life support system. Image credit: Yao et al., doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.04.011.

Lunar Soil Contains Active Compounds that Can Convert Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen and Fuels

May 5, 2022 by News Staff

In light of significant efforts being taken toward manned deep space exploration, it is of high technological importance and scientific interest to develop...

Solar Orbiter Reveals Sun’s Surface in Unprecedented Detail

May 5, 2022 by News Staff

One of the new images, taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) aboard the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft on March 7, 2022, is the highest resolution...

(A) location map of the Linha São Luiz site in Brazil and the surface distribution of the geologic units in the area; (B) general view of the Linha São Luiz site; (C) hypothetical reconstruction of the skeleton of Faxinalipterus minimus depicting in orange the preserved elements; (D) hypothetical reconstruction of the skull of Maehary bonapartei depicting some of the preserved elements. Image credit: Kellner et al., doi: 10.7717/peerj.13276.

New Triassic Reptile Species Identified in Brazil

May 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Maehary bonapartei is considered to be the most basal of the evolutionary lineage that gave rise to pterosaurs. (A) location map of the Linha São Luiz...

This image, taken on July 19, 2021 by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, shows part of Tantalus Fossae on Mars. Image credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Mars Express Focuses on Tantalus Fossae

May 5, 2022 by News Staff

A new image from ESA’s Mars Express shows a network of long grooves and scratches in Tantalus Fossae, a large fault system in the Arcadia quadrangle...