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Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Peculiar Galaxy Pair: NGC 5765

The two galaxies shown here, imaged by Hubble, are named NGC 5765A (the upper, red-tinted one) and NGC 5765B (the lower, blue-tinted one). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.
Aug 28, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a remarkable new image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as NGC 5765. The two galaxies shown here, imaged by Hubble, are named NGC 5765A (the upper, red-tinted one) and NGC 5765B (the lower, blue-tinted one). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble. NGC 5765 was discovered by the British astronomer Sir John Herschel on April 24, 1830. The pair is located in the constellation Virgo, about 400 million...

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According to Paardekooper et al, ethylene release is an early and integral component of in vivo lipid peroxidation with important clinical implications as a breath biomarker of bacterial infection. Image credit: James Heilman / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Study: Inflammatory Response to Bacterial Infection Rapidly Changes Composition of Exhaled Breath

Aug 28, 2017 by Zvi Cramer

In a recent study, scientists have revealed that ethylene can be detected in the breath of healthy volunteers shortly after bacterial infection, indicating...

Bizarre New Species of Frog Discovered in India: Nasikabatrachus bhupathi

Aug 28, 2017 by Natali Anderson

Herpetologists are claiming they have discovered a new species of purple frog living in the Western Ghats, India. The Bhupathy’s purple frog (Nasikabatrachus...

The caffeine we habitually consume in coffee can inhibit the perception of sweet taste. Image credit: Felix Broennimann.

Caffeine Alters Perception of Sweet Taste, New Study Says

Aug 25, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the Journal of Food Science, caffeine tempers taste buds temporarily, making food and drink seem less sweet. The...

This image from Kepler shows members of the Pleiades star cluster taken during Campaign 4 of the K2 Mission. Kepler was not designed to look at stars this bright; they cause the camera to saturate, leading to long spikes and other artifacts in the image. Despite this serious image degradation, the new technique has allowed astronomers to carefully measure changes in brightness of these stars as Kepler observed them for almost three months. Image credit: NASA / Aarhus University / T. White.

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Variability in Pleiades

Aug 25, 2017 by News Staff

Using a novel photometric technique to enhance observations from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have performed the most detailed study yet...

Oxo Crater is the second-brightest feature on Ceres. Only Occator’s central area is brighter. Oxo lies near the 0 degree meridian that defines the edge of many Ceres maps, making this small feature easy to overlook. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image in its low-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of 385 km from the surface of Ceres. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / PSI.

Crater Slope Avalanches Reveal Ceres’ Surface Water Ice

Aug 25, 2017 by James Romero

Surface water ice found within a brilliantly bright crater on the dwarf planet Ceres is being exposed by avalanches reprocessing impact deposits in just...

Plimpton 322, a 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet held in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in New York.

Mathematicians Crack Mystery of Babylonian Clay Tablet ‘Plimpton 322’

Aug 25, 2017 by News Staff

Plimpton 322, the most famous of Old Babylonian tablets (1900-1600 BC), is the world’s oldest trigonometric table, possibly used by Babylonian scholars...

Chemical traces of wine were found on these storage jars from the Bellitti gallery, Monte Kronio, Sicily. Image credit: Davide Tanasi, University of South Florida.

Chemical Analysis of Pottery Reveals First Winemaking in Italy Nearly 4,500 Years Ago

Aug 24, 2017 by News Staff

Copper Age people living in Sicily, Italy, were making wine nearly 4,500 years ago, according to a team of archaeologists led by Dr. Davide Tanasi of the...

Chimpanzee Ai carrying out a task on the touch screen. Image credit: Kyoto University.

Chimps Can Understand Rules of Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

Aug 24, 2017 by News Staff

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can understand the popular game in which ‘paper’ beats ‘rock,’ ‘rock’ beats ‘scissors,’ and ‘scissors’...

A rendering of Inermorostrum xenops. Image credit: Robert Boessenecker.

Toothless Dwarf Dolphin Provides Insights into Cetacean Evolution

Aug 24, 2017 by News Staff

A new species of extinct dwarf dolphin that lived about 30 million years ago (Oligocene epoch) and possessed adaptations for suction feeding has been identified...

Life reconstruction of Shingopana songwensis. Image credit: Mark Witton, www.markwitton.com.

Shingopana songwensis: New Titanosaur Species Discovered in Tanzania

Aug 24, 2017 by News Staff

A new species of long-necked titanosaurian dinosaur has been unearthed in southwestern Tanzania. Life reconstruction of Shingopana songwensis. Image credit:...

A diet with walnuts leads to an overall significant increase in the diversity of bacteria in the gut. Image credit: Utroja0.

Study: Walnuts Keep Gut Healthy, Act as Prebiotic

Aug 24, 2017 by News Staff

Regular consumption of walnuts may be beneficial for digestive health by increasing the amount of good probiotic-type bacteria in the gut, according to...

An image showing X-rays detected from the Type Ia supernova SN 2012ca (inside the circle). According to astronomers, SN 2012ca occurred in the spiral-shaped galaxy ESO 336-G009, located about 260 million light-years away. Image credit: Vikram Dwarkadas / Chandra X-ray Observatory.

X-Rays from Type Ia Supernova Detected for the First Time

Aug 23, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers have detected the first X-rays from a Type Ia supernova, located inside the spiral-shaped galaxy ESO 336-G009. An image showing X-rays detected...

This is the most detailed image ever of the red supergiant star Antares, or any other star apart from the Sun. Image credit: K. Ohnaka / ESO.

Antares: Astronomers Snap Most Detailed Image of Star That’s Not the Sun

Aug 23, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers from Chile and Germany has managed to capture an image of unprecedented detail of another star — that isn’t...

This painting depicts an asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas of the sulfur-rich Yucatan Peninsula in what is today southeast Mexico. The aftermath of this immense asteroid collision, which occurred approximately 65 million years ago, is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other species on Earth. Shown in this painting are pterodactyls, flying reptiles with wingspans of up to 50 feet, gliding above low tropical clouds. Image credit: Donald E. Davis / NASA.

Dino-Killing Chicxulub Asteroid Inhibited Photosynthesis, Cooled Earth for Up To Four Years

Aug 23, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Colorado Boulder and NASA has used a world-class computer model...

Underwater archaeologists explore the submerged portion of Port Royal. Image credit: Texas A&M University.

Underwater Archaeologists Uncovering Secrets of Sunken Pirate City

Aug 23, 2017 by News Staff

Underwater archaeologists using a new state-of-the-art technology are mapping out the submerged portion of the 17th-century town of Port Royal in Jamaica. Underwater...

An example of seafloor bathymetry data that the team used to identify a paleo-subglacial channel, grounding line landforms, volcanic seamounts and other features used in the study. Image credit: Lauren Simkins, Rice University.

Ancient River System Discovered in East Antarctica

Aug 22, 2017 by News Staff

The newly-discovered river system was active as recently as 15,000 years ago beneath an area formerly covered by the East Antarctic ice sheet, according...

An iron element map (right) made with new X-ray technology reveals the underlying craftsmanship hidden beneath a damaged portrait of a Roman woman (left). Image credit: Roberto Alberti.

New X-Ray Imaging Technique Reveals Hidden Beauty of Ancient Roman Wall Painting

Aug 22, 2017 by News Staff

A research team led by Pratt Institute researcher Eleonora Del Federico has used a novel imaging technique, called high-resolution portable Macro-XRF scanning,...

Moon (Gregory H. Revera / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Moon’s Interior Likely Contains No Water, New Research Says

Aug 22, 2017 by News Staff

A new study led by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher contradicts a recently published paper, which suggested the interior of Earth’s only...

This image from the Subaru Telescope shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7479. Image credit: Ichi Tanaka / National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Subaru Telescope Observes NGC 7479

Aug 22, 2017 by Natali Anderson

The Subaru Telescope, the 8.2-m flagship telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii, has...

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