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This image shows the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, which is located near the center of the even larger Chamaeleon I dark cloud. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / J. Miller, Gemini Observatory & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab / D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab.

Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula Captured by Gemini South Telescope

Dec 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South telescope have imaged the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, which is located near...

An artist’s reconstruction of Stegouros elengassen. Image credit: Luis Pérez López.

Subantarctic Armored Dinosaur Had Bizarre Tail Weapon

Dec 8, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of ankylosaur has been identified from an almost complete skeleton found in Chilean Patagonia. An artist’s reconstruction of...

VLA image of the Messier 87 radio jet, made at multiple radio frequencies. The jet seen in this image is about 8,000 light-years long. This image clearly shows the corkscrew-like helical structure in the inner part of the jet, which originates at the bright spot at the left, at the core of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole resides. Image credit: Sophia Dagnello / NRAO / AUI / NSF / Pasetto et al., doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac3a88.

Astronomers Spot Double-Helix Structure in Messier 87

Dec 8, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have captured unprecedented high-fidelity radio images of a jet of material propelled from the...

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

Fossils Reveal Unique Walking Behavior of Quetzalcoatlus

Dec 8, 2021 by News Staff

With a 11-12-m wingspan (37-40 feet), Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar pterosaurs to the public. Its...

Redondo et al. found a greater accuracy for both the horizontal and random motion paths of DVA after caffeine ingestion. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Caffeine Intake Improves Reaction to Moving Targets, New Study Suggests

Dec 8, 2021 by News Staff

New research suggests that caffeine intake (i.e., a capsule containing 4 mg/kg) has an ergogenic effect on dynamic visual acuity (DVA) — the ability...

The olivaceous flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus). Image credit: Hector Bottai / CC BY 4.0.

New Species of Bird Discovered in South America

Dec 7, 2021 by Natali Anderson

A team of ornithologists from Brazil and Finland has discovered a cryptic new species of flatbill flycatcher living in the Amazonian lowlands. The olivaceous...

The 2,000-year-old silver shekel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Rare 2,000-Year-Old Coin Found in Israel

Dec 7, 2021 by News Staff

Liel Krutokop, an 11-year-old girl from Petah Tikva, has found a silver shekel from the Second Temple period on the ‘Pilgrimage Road’ in the City of...

Astronomers Discover New Dark-Matter-Free Galaxy

Dec 7, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States have found no trace of dark matter in AGC 114905, a gas-rich ultra-diffuse galaxy...

Delhey et al. demonstrate a general association between lightness and migratory behavior across all birds; their results confirm previous findings reporting a correlation between plumage lightness and migration, where the authors of those studies speculated that lighter plumage in migratory birds may be used in competition for territories; instead, Delhey et al. suggest thermoregulation as an alternative explanation that fits with the reported changes in migration altitude between night and day. Image credit: Frauke Riether.

Migratory Birds are Lighter Colored, New Study Shows

Dec 7, 2021 by News Staff

Migratory birds undertake long and challenging journeys that have selected for a suite of adaptations. Several recent studies revealed that migrating individuals...

An artist’s impression of a pig-nosed turtle. Image credit: Monash University.

5-Million-Year-Old Pig-Nosed Turtle Fossil Found in South-Eastern Australia

Dec 7, 2021 by News Staff

The upper Miocene to lower Pliocene fossil from Beaumaris in Victoria, south-eastern Australia, completely rewrites the evolution of pig-nosed turtles. An...

Beta Crucis. Image credit: Naskies at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Astronomers Measure Mass and Age of Beta Crucis A

Dec 6, 2021 by News Staff

Beta Crucis is represented in the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. Beta Crucis. Image credit: Naskies at en.wikipedia...

$Study area and hybrid-frequency waveform earthquakes (EHWs): (a) hydraulic fracturing activity and seismicity in northeast British Columbia, Canada; the top-right inset shows the geographic location of the study area (red rectangle); blue diamonds: hydraulic fracturing injection wells between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2016, reported by the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission; yellow dots: earthquakes during the same period; stars: 10 M 4-5 earthquakes since 2008; black rectangle: study area in which EHWs occurred; (b, c) comparison between representative examples of a typical induced event (black trace) and an EHW (purple trace); both waveforms are from the vertical component of station MG03 with comparable source-station distance (1.32 km vs. 1.65 km) and magnitudes (MW1.5); manually picked P/S-arrivals are marked; the comparison of P/S-pulse shape demonstrates the relatively wider pulses for EHWs; (d, e) the same as (b) and (c) but for waveforms recorded at station MG02; both events show longer coda durations with slightly larger epicentral distances; note that although both types of events have extended coda durations, the EHW contains a relatively larger proportion of lower-frequency energy in the coda. Image credit: Yu et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26961-x.$

Scientists Detect New Type of Fluid-Injection-Induced Earthquake

Dec 6, 2021 by News Staff

Unlike conventional earthquakes of the same magnitude, the newly-identified hybrid-frequency waveform earthquakes are slower and last longer. Study area...

Using datasets from a wide range of geographical regions, Hyun et al. found that both early life education and adulthood occupational complexity were independently predictive of dementia. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Study: Early-Life Education and Adulthood Occupational Complexity May Cut Dementia Risk

Dec 6, 2021 by News Staff

Education and occupational experiences occur during early life and adulthood respectively, and dementia prevention efforts could thus be made at different...

A Higgs boson candidate transforming into four muons (red lines). Image credit: CERN.

Higgs Boson Has Tiny Lifespan, New Research Confirms

Dec 6, 2021 by News Staff

The Higgs boson is peculiar in many respects. Like most other elementary particles, it is unstable and lives only for an extremely short time, 1.6*10-22...

This Hubble image shows NCG 7329, a spiral galaxy located some 149 million light-years away in the constellation of Tucana. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Riess et al.

Hubble Looks at Spiral Galaxy NCG 7329

Dec 6, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing photo of the spiral galaxy NCG 7329. This Hubble image shows NCG 7329, a spiral galaxy located...

Western honeybees (Apis mellifera). Image credit: PollyDot.

Western Honeybees May Have Originated in Asia, New Study Says

Dec 3, 2021 by News Staff

The origin of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) has been intensely debated. Addressing this knowledge gap is essential for understanding the evolution...

An artist’s rendering of a classical nova. Image credit: David Hardy, www.astroart.org.

New Type of Binary Star Observed

Dec 3, 2021 by News Staff

Using new data from ESA’s Gaia star-mapping satellite, the Zwicky Transient Facility, and the Shane Telescope at Lick Observatory, astronomers have observed...

Dimer model in Rydberg atoms arrays: (A) fluorescence image of 219 atoms arranged on the links of a kagome lattice; Rydberg atoms are marked with red dimers on the bonds of the kagome lattice; (B) a state consistent with the Rydberg blockade at maximal filling can then be viewed as a dimer covering of the kagome lattice, where each vertex is touched by exactly one dimer; (C) the quantum spin liquid state corresponds to a coherent superposition of exponentially many dimer coverings. Image credit: Semeghini et al., doi: 10.1126/science.abi8794.

Physicists Observe Quantum Spin Liquid for First Time

Dec 3, 2021 by News Staff

First theorized in 1973 by physicist Philip W. Anderson, quantum spin liquids are exotic phases of matter with topological order. They feature long-range...

An artist’s impression of the sub-Earth exoplanet Gliese 367b. Image credit: SPP 1992 (Patricia Klein).

Iron-Rich Sub-Earth Exoplanet Found Orbiting Gliese 367

Dec 3, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have identified a dense, ultra-short-period sub-Earth planet transiting the bright,...