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Study: Simple Life Forms are Common throughout Universe

3.465-billion-year-old fossil microbes indicate that life in the Universe is common. Image credit: Reimund Bertrams.
Dec 19, 2017 by News Staff

A detailed analysis of 3.465-billion-year-old microbial microfossils provides evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the Universe is common. 3.465-billion-year-old fossil microbes indicate that life in the Universe is common. Image credit: Reimund Bertrams. Professor J. William Schopf from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his colleagues analyzed 11 specimens of 5 species of prokaryotic cellular microfossils...

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This artist’s impression shows ‘Oumuamua. Image credit: Joy Pollard / Gemini Observatory / AURA / NSF.

Interstellar Asteroid Oumuamua Has Grayish-Red Organic-Rich Surface Layer, Astronomers Say

Dec 19, 2017 by News Staff

In October 2017, astronomers made a surprising discovery with the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawai’i — 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua, the first asteroid...

Viruses Can Transfer Genes Across Domains of Life, Research Shows

Dec 19, 2017 by News Staff

Viruses can transfer genes to organisms they are not known to infect, including organisms in different domains (superkingdoms) of life, according to a...

The Orion Nebula in the new map of the southern sky. Image credit: Australian National University.

New Map of Southern Sky is Most Detailed Ever Produced

Dec 18, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the Australian National University has created the most comprehensive map of the southern sky ever. The Orion Nebula in the new...

Reconstruction of Protarctos abstrusus in the Beaver Pond site area during the late summer. An extinct beaver, Dipoides, is shown carrying a tree branch in water. Plants include black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) with ripened berries along the path of the bear, dwarf birch (Betula nana) in foreground; sweet gale (Myrica gale) carried by the beaver, sedges in water margins, flowering buckbeans along the mounds behind the beaver, and larch trees in distant background. Image credit: Mauricio Antón / Alice Telka.

Protarctos abstrusus: Ancient Primitive Bear Had a Sweet Tooth

Dec 18, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has found the remains of an unusual prehistoric bear that lived 3.5 million years ago (Pliocene epoch) in Canada’s...

Filer et al find that inhibition of Pol III extends organismal lifespan in flies and worms. Image credit: Sven Lachmann.

Study: Suppressing Common Enzyme Extends Lifespan of Flies and Worms by 10%

Dec 18, 2017 by News Staff

The lifespans of flies and worms are prolonged by inhibiting the activity of RNA polymerase III, an enzyme common to all animals, finds a new study published...

Kisar cave painting of figures gesturing to sundrum. Image credit: Australian National University.

Archaeologists Discover Cave Paintings on Small Indonesian Island

Dec 18, 2017 by News Staff

A total of 28 rock art cave sites have been discovered on the Indonesian island of Kisar, which measures just 81 km2 and lies north of Timor-Leste. A paper...

According to Wu et al, hot tea drinking reduces the risk of developing glaucoma by about 74%. Image credit: Pexels.

Regular Hot Tea Consumption Reduces Glaucoma Risk, Study Finds

Dec 18, 2017 by News Staff

A cup of hot tea a day can keep glaucoma away, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. According to Wu et al, hot tea...

NASA’s SeaWiFS satellite photographed this eddy field in the waters around Tasmania in November 2000. Image credit: NASA.

Scientists Find ‘Smoke Rings’ in Earth’s Oceans

Dec 17, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the United Kingdom has spotted the equivalent of smoke-rings in the Earth’s southern oceans which they think could ‘suck-up’...

Cordillera Azul Antbird: New Bird Species Discovered in Peru

Dec 15, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

A distinctive new species of antbird has been discovered in the humid montane forests of the San Martin region in north-central Peru. The Cordillera Azul...

The Site 1 on the Isle of Skye is above the treeline in the mid-ground far side of Loch Slapin. Image credit: Simon Drake.

60-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Impact Zone Discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye

Dec 15, 2017 by News Staff

A team of geologists has found 60 million-year-old ejecta from a previously unknown meteorite impact on the Isle of Skye, northwest Scotland. This is the...

Eight Exoplanets Orbit Sun-Like Star Kepler-90

Dec 15, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers reports the discovery of an eighth planet orbiting Kepler-90, a Sun-like star approximately 2,545 light-years from Earth in the constellation...

Andatu, the first Sumatran rhino to be born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, and his mother, Ratu. Image credit: S. Ellis / International Rhino Foundation / CC BY 2.0.

Sumatran Rhinoceros Genome Sequenced

Dec 15, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has produced the first whole-genome sequence for the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), the...

This Hubble image shows NGC 5256, a pair of galaxies in its final stage of merging. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

New Hubble Image Captures Collision of Two Disk Galaxies: NGC 5256

Dec 14, 2017 by News Staff

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of NGC 5256, a striking example of two disk galaxies that are about to...

The new study explores whether men are wimps or just have weaker immune systems. Image credit: Klaus Hausmann.

‘Man Flu’ is Real, New Study Suggests

Dec 14, 2017 by News Staff

The phenomenon of ‘man flu’ — a cold or similar minor ailment experienced by a man who is thought to be exaggerating the severity of the symptoms...

This OmegaCAM image shows the stellar nursery Sharpless 29. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

ESO’s OmegaCAM Observes Stellar Nursery Sharpless 29

Dec 14, 2017 by News Staff

The OmegaCAM, a wide-field imager installed on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope at Cerro Paranal in Chile has captured a glittering view of the stellar nursery...

Plants infused with the luminescence of fireflies could help reduce our dependence on conventional lighting. Image credit: Seon-Yeong Kwak.

Researchers Create Nanobionic Light-Emitting Plants

Dec 14, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found a way to infuse plants with the luminescence...

Vaderlimulus tricki. The specimen came from a locality in the Olenekian Thaynes Group near Paris, Idaho, the United States. Image credit: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

First Triassic Horseshoe Crab Fossil Found in North America

Dec 14, 2017 by Natali Anderson

A mostly complete and moderately well-preserved fossilized specimen is thought to represent the first Triassic horseshoe crab found in North America, according...

The stars in the globular star cluster Messier 79 look a lot like a blizzard in a snow globe in this Hubble image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / S. Djorgovski, Caltech / F. Ferraro, University of Bologna.

Hubble Team Releases Incredible Image of Globular Cluster Messier 79

Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular star cluster Messier 79. The stars in the globular star cluster Messier 79 look a lot like...

A 1.5-mm-long impact track of a meteoroid captured in aerogel exposed to space by the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) spacecraft. Image credit: NASA / ESA.

Simulations Reveal Why Meteoroids Explode Before They Reach Earth

Dec 13, 2017 by News Staff

According to a paper published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Earth’s atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than scientists...

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