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Elusive Long-Tailed Squid Captured on Film for First Time

Asperoteuthis mangoldae is known only from the waters off the Hawaiian Islands. Image credit: Ocean Exploration Trust.
Jul 31, 2019 by News Staff

A team of marine biologists with the Nautilus Expedition succeeded in filming Asperoteuthis mangoldae, a recently discovered deep-sea squid species, at a depth of 3,151 feet (930 m) near Jarvis Seamount in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. “On July 5, 2019, diving at 3,151 feet depth on Jarvis Seamount, E/V Nautilus and ROV Hercules encountered a very unusual squid swimming just above the bottom,” said team member Dr. Michael...

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This image from ESO’s SPECULOOS Observatory shows the massive galaxy Centaurus A. Image credit: ESO / SPECULOOS Team / E. Jehin.

ESO Astronomers Capture Stunning Image of Centaurus A Galaxy

Jul 31, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using robotic telescopes at ESO’s newest planet-hunting SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) Observatory in...

The Maryborough meteorite. Image credit: Rodney Start / Museums Victoria.

Maryborough Meteorite: Massive Stony Meteorite Found in Australia

Jul 31, 2019 by News Staff

A 17-kg chondrite meteorite that landed on Earth less than 1,000 years ago has been discovered by chance in the Australian state of Victoria. The Maryborough...

The central region of our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: NASA / CXC.

Chandra Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Spectacular X-Ray Images of Astrophysical Objects

Jul 31, 2019 by News Staff

On July 23, 1999, NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying the agency’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Twenty years...

Researchers Sequence Genome of Komodo Dragon

Jul 30, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has mapped and analyzed the entire genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant monitor lizard. The...

People who follow predominantly plant-based diets with greater adherence may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who follow these diets with lower adherence. Image credit: Julita / Pasja1000.

Plant-Based Diets Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Review Suggests

Jul 30, 2019 by News Staff

Plant-based dietary patterns — especially when they are enriched with healthful plant-based foods (such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes,...

An artist’s impression of Jupiter’s moon Europa occulting a distant star. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / DLR / Sci-News.com.

Astronomers Observe Stellar Occultation by Jupiter’s Moon Europa

Jul 29, 2019 by News Staff

In March 2017, Brazilian National Observatory astronomer Bruno Morgado and colleagues took advantage of the beginning of the Jupiter passage through a...

Reconstruction of Homo floresiensis. Image credit: Kinez Riza / Atelier Elisabeth Daynes, Sangiran Museum.

Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds

Jul 29, 2019 by News Staff

As anatomically modern Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa and around the rest of the world, they met and interbred with at least four different hominin...

TESS discovered three small exoplanets around nearby stars. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / MIT News.

TESS Successfully Completes First Year of Science Operations

Jul 29, 2019 by News Staff

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered over two dozen extrasolar planets and captured data on other astronomical events...

This Hubble image shows the edge-on distorted spiral galaxy NGC 3432. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible region of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Two 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 / A. Filippenko / R. Jansen.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees NGC 3432: Edge-On and Distorted

Jul 29, 2019 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3432. This Hubble image shows the edge-on distorted...

Pericosine A did not cause skin or eye irritation and was highly effective at deodorizing skunk-spray secretions when formulated to include adjunctive cosmetic ingredients. Image credit: Skeeze.

Natural Compound Safely and Effectively Neutralizes Skunk Spray Odor

Jul 29, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas at San Antonio has found that a fungal-derived compound called pericosine...

The 6,500-year-old pottery fragments from the archaeological site of Real Alto in the Chanduy Valley of Ecuador’s Guayas province. Image credit: Kanomata et al, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.56.

6,500-Year-Old Pottery Fragments Found in Ecuador

Jul 26, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Shards of incised ceramic vessels dating back to 4640-4460 BCE have been found at the site of Real Alto on the Ecuadorian coast. The 6,500-year-old pottery...

An artist’s reconstruction of an ancient duck-billed platypus. Image credit: Peter Schouten.

Platelet Cells First Evolved in Carboniferous Platypus-Like Animal

Jul 26, 2019 by News Staff

Platelets are tiny blood cells that help our bodies form clots to stop bleeding. They are found in all mammals but no other group of animals. According...

A star known as S0-2 made its closest approach to Sagittarius A*, the a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, in 2018. Image credit: Nicolle Fuller / National Science Foundation.

Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity Aces Relativistic Redshift Test

Jul 26, 2019 by News Staff

In a test of Einstein’s theory of general relativity near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, an international group of...

Photogrammetric model of the 500-year-old ship’s stern. Image credit: University of Southampton / Deep Sea Productions / MMT.

Archaeologists Find 500-Year-Old Shipwreck in Baltic Sea

Jul 26, 2019 by News Staff

A team of marine archaeologists has discovered the intact wreck of an ancient ship on the floor of the Baltic Sea. Photogrammetric model of the 500-year-old...

Manville & Abbott uncovered the molecular action that enables cilantro to effectively delay certain seizures common in epilepsy and other diseases. Image credit: Illustrated Cottage.

Cilantro Leaves Contain Powerful Anticonvulsant: Study

Jul 26, 2019 by News Staff

Dysfunction of neuronal voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily Q (KCNQ) can cause severe epileptic encephalopathies that are resistant to modern anticonvulsants....

An artist’s impression of a pair of orbiting white dwarfs, ZTF J153932.16+502738.8. Image credit: Caltech / IPAC.

Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking White Dwarf Binary System

Jul 25, 2019 by News Staff

Astronomers using the KPED (Kitt Peak Electron Multiplying CCD demonstrator) instrument at NSF’s Kitt Peak National Observatory have discovered ZTF J153932.16+502738.8,...

A 3D representation of the spin-excitation continuum -- a possible hallmark of a quantum spin liquid -- observed in a single crystal sample of cerium zirconium pyrochlore. Image credit: Tong Chen / Rice University.

Researchers Find First Candidate for 3D Quantum Spin Liquid

Jul 25, 2019 by News Staff

A quantum spin liquid is a state of matter where unpaired electrons’ spins, although entangled, do not show magnetic order even at the zero temperature....

An artist’s rendering of a gas giant in a binary stellar system. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Pyle.

TESS Finds Still-Forming Gas Giant in Binary Star System

Jul 25, 2019 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered an exoplanet planet larger than Neptune but smaller than Saturn...

Archaeologists Locate Long-Lost Biblical City of Ziklag

Jul 25, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists believe they have found the lost Philistine city of Ziklag, where young David lived when he fled from King Saul. They said they had discovered...

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