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This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7513. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Stiavelli.

Hubble Snaps Image of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 7513

Jul 6, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking photo of a bright, barred spiral galaxy called NGC 7513. This Hubble image shows the barred...

Structure of the upper jaw and lower jaw of the ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus). Image credit: Mailho-Fontana et al, doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101234.

Researchers Find Snake-Like Venom Glands in Caecilian Amphibians

Jul 3, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Brazil and the United States has found the specialized oral glands in the jaws of the ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus),...

X(6900), a tetraquark particle composed of two charm quarks and two charm antiquarks. Image credit: CERN.

CERN Physicists Discover Four-Charm-Quark Particle

Jul 3, 2020 by News Staff

Physicists from CERN’s LHCb Collaboration have discovered a new tetraquark particle, named X(6900), composed of two charm quarks and two charm antiquarks. X(6900),...

An artist’s impression of the atmosphere of Antares. As seen with the naked eye (up until the photosphere), Antares is around 700 times larger than our sun, big enough to fill the Solar System beyond the orbit of Mars (Solar System scale shown for comparison). But ALMA and VLA showed that its atmosphere, including the lower and upper chromosphere and wind zones, reaches out 12 times farther than that. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / S. Dagnello.

Radio Telescopes Reveal Lukewarm Atmosphere of Nearby Red Supergiant Star Antares

Jul 3, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have created the most detailed...

Branched flow pattern shown on top of the interference color pattern generated by weak white light, making it possible to observe the potential landscape together with the branched flow. Image credit: Patsyk et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2376-8.

Physicists Observe Branched Flow of Light

Jul 3, 2020 by News Staff

Physicists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Central Florida have experimentally observed optical branched flow in...

This multiwavelength mosaic, which combines more than 750 ALMA radio images and 9 Hubble infrared images, shows the star protocluster G286.21+0.17. ALMA reveals molecular clouds (purple) and Hubble reveals stars and glowing dust (yellow and red). Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Y. Cheng et al / AUI / NSF / S. Dagnello / NASA / ESA / Hubble.

ALMA and Hubble Capture Celestial Fireworks in Massive Stellar Protocluster

Jul 2, 2020 by News Staff

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed G286.21+0.17, a massive...

This photograph was taken looking south across Mare Imbrium. The crater Copernicus, 93 km (58 miles) in diameter, is seen in the distance. Several chains of small craters are visible. These are oriented toward Copernicus and are secondary craters produced by material ejected when Copernicus formed. In the foreground, the crater Pytheas is 20 km (12.4 miles) in diameter. This photo was taken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972. Image credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Lunar Subsurface May Be Richer in Metals than Previously Thought

Jul 2, 2020 by News Staff

Using data from the Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a team of U.S. researchers has...

An artist’s impression of NGTS-4b and its star. Image credit: Mark Garlick / University of Warwick.

Remnant Core of Giant Planet Found Orbiting Sun-Like Star TOI-849

Jul 2, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-discovered planetary core, named TOI-849b, is a gas giant that was either stripped of its gaseous atmosphere or that failed to form one in its...

The Paleolithic settlement at Abu Hureyra in what is now Syria may have been destroyed 12,800 years ago because of a comet. Image credit: Jennifer Rice, Comet Research Group.

Cometary Debris May Have Destroyed Paleolithic Settlement 12,800 Years Ago

Jul 2, 2020 by News Staff

Fragments of an exploding short-period comet may have caused destruction of the Paleolithic settlement at Abu Hureyra in northern Syria about 12,800 years...

Cai et al demonstrate the catalytic activity of Ag and Au clusters physically deposited onto titanium dioxide (TiO2) powders with the MACS in the catalytic ozonation of nitrophenol; compared to traditional catalysts reported in the literature, the catalysts produced by the MACS exhibit at least comparable activities and show excellent reusability without evident degradation after five cycles: (a) photograph and (b) schematic diagram of the MACS system; (c) photograph of the Ag cluster on TiO2 powder catalyst produced (1 g), showing the color change from white to brown. Image credit: Cai et al, doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c05955.

Scientists Develop Environmentally Friendly Method for Removing Chemicals from Water

Jul 2, 2020 by News Staff

The newly-invented method, named the matrix assembly cluster source (MACS), involves no solvent and is a step change in the approach to water treatment...

Ankylosaurus magniventris, a large armored dinosaur species, witnesses the impact of an asteroid, falling on the Yucatan peninsula 66 million years ago. Image credit: Fabio Manucci.

Chicxulub Asteroid Caused End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction, New Study Confirms

Jul 1, 2020 by News Staff

The end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 million years ago eradicated roughly 75% of the animal and plant species on Earth, including whole groups like non-avian...

The pre-contact pipe analyzed by Brownstein et alю Image credit: Brownstein et al, doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00133.

Archaeologists Find Traces of Non-Tobacco Plant in Pre-Columbian Native American Pipe

Jul 1, 2020 by News Staff

The 1,430-year-old basalt pipe from central Washington State, the United States, not only contained nicotine, but also had strong evidence for the smoking...

This illustration shows how the ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b sees its host star. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Chris Smith, USRA.

Ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b Has Two Summers and Two Winters Every 36 Hours

Jul 1, 2020 by News Staff

New observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to improve their understanding of the bizarre environment...

The tectonic map of Zealandia. Image credit: GNS Science.

Geoscientists Release New Maps of Continent Zealandia

Jul 1, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists from GNS Science, New Zealand’s leading provider of Earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services, has created...

A group of Copepteryx, plotopterid birds that lived in Japan between 28.4 and 23 million years ago. Image credit: Mark Witton.

Giant Penguin-Like Seabirds Lived in Northern Hemisphere About 30 Million Years Ago

Jul 1, 2020 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered striking similarities between the fossilized bones of giant penguins that lived 62 million years ago in what is now New...

Giant Starspots May Explain Bizarre Dimming of Betelgeuse

Jun 30, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters points to the changes in the photosphere of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse as the source...

This illustration shows what the luminous blue variable star in PHL 293B could have looked like before its mysterious disappearance. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

Massive Variable Star Mysteriously Disappears from Distant Dwarf Galaxy

Jun 30, 2020 by News Staff

Using the X-SHOOTER and the ESPRESSO (Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observation) instruments on ESO’s Very Large...

The ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala. Image credit: Gerd Eichmann / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeologists Find Toxic Chemicals in Water Reservoirs of Ancient Maya City of Tikal

Jun 30, 2020 by News Staff

New research reveals that two of the largest reservoirs at Tikal, an ancient Maya city in what is now northern Guatemala, were contaminated with high levels...

Welch et al show for the first time that far-UVC efficiently inactivates airborne aerosolized viruses. These fluorescent images show epithelial cells infected with H1N1; the viruses were exposed in aerosolized form in the irradiation chamber to doses of 0, 0.8, 1.3 or 2.0 mJ/cm2 of 222-nm far-UVC light; infected cells fluoresce green. Image credit: Welch et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21058-w.

Far-UVC Light Efficiently Inactivates Airborne Seasonal Coronaviruses

Jun 30, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists at Columbia University Irving Medical Center has demonstrated that low doses of 222-nm far ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light inactivate...