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This artist’s impression shows the closest known protoplanetary disc, around the star TW Hydrae. The organic molecule methanol has been found by ALMA in this disc. This is the first such detection of the compound in a young planet-forming disc. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Methanol Detected in Protoplanetary Disc around Young Star TW Hydrae

Jun 15, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected gas-phase methanol (methyl alcohol) in the protoplanetary disc...

Brewing more flavorsome coffee could be as simple as chilling the coffee beans before grinding, say scientists. Image credit: Shixugang.

Chill Coffee Beans to Brew Tastier Beverage, Say Researchers

Jun 15, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has found that chilling roasted coffee beans before grinding results in narrower distribution of small particles,...

Astronomers applaud the first detection of a chiral molecule, propylene oxide, in interstellar space. On Earth, propylene oxide is a common compound used in making polyurethane plastics. Image credit: B. Saxton / NRAO / AUI / NSF / N.E. Kassim, Naval Research Laboratory / Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Chiral Molecule Detected in Interstellar Cloud Sagittarius B2

Jun 15, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using highly sensitive radio telescopes have detected, for the first time, a chiral molecule in interstellar space. Astronomers applaud the...

A hot Neptune-sized exoplanet behind its parent star. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Some Exoplanets May Be Much Smaller than Thought, Says New Study

Jun 14, 2016 by News Staff

Cloud or haze layers in the upper atmospheres of extrasolar planets may make them appear bigger than they really are, a study led by Dr. Helmut Lammer...

This is a male Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus). Image credit: Cyril Laubscher.

Birds Have More Neurons in Their Brains than Mammals, Study Finds

Jun 14, 2016 by News Staff

A new study led by Vanderbilt University scientist Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel has found that birds have significantly more neurons packed into their brains...

Reconstruction of Wahlisaurus massarae. Image credit: James McKay.

Wahlisaurus massarae: Forgotten Fossil is New Species of Ancient Dolphin-Like Reptile

Jun 14, 2016 by News Staff

A new species of ichthyosaur that lived about 200 million years ago has been identified from a fossil found in a quarry in Nottinghamshire, England. Reconstruction...

This view looks toward the sunlit side of Saturn’s rings from about 15 degrees above the ring plane. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Latest Cassini Image Shows Mini-Jet Trail in Saturn’s F Ring

Jun 14, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A mysterious disruption in Saturn’s outermost F ring suggests it may have been disturbed recently, according to Cassini imaging scientists. This view...

Comparison of the relative sizes of several circumbinary planets. Kepler-1647b is substantially larger than any of the previously known circumbinary planets. Image credit: Lynette Cook.

Kepler-1647b: Astronomers Discover Circumbinary Planet 3,700 Light-Years Away

Jun 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have found a Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting around a pair of Sun-like stars. Comparison of the relative...

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) uses a stone. Image credit: University of Oxford.

Wild Macaques in Thailand Have Entered Stone Age

Jun 13, 2016 by News Staff

Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea) on Piak Nam Yai, one of Thailand’s coastal islands, have been using stone tools for several decades...

Reconstruction of Homo floresiensis. Image credit: Elisabeth Daynes.

Homo floresiensis Remains Unique, Valid Species

Jun 13, 2016 by News Staff

A new study contradicts the claim that LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis, had Down syndrome, and further confirms its status as a valid and distinct...

This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows blue stars in the constellation of Sagittarius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Bright, Blue Stars in Sagittarius

Jun 13, 2016 by News Staff

This new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts blue stars in the constellation of Sagittarius. This image, taken with the Advanced...

This image of the continental United States at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The image was made possible by the satellite's ‘day-night band’ of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires and reflected moonlight. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory / NOAA NGDC.

Researchers Develop New Global Atlas of Light Pollution

Jun 10, 2016 by News Staff

More than 80 percent of the world and more than 99 percent of the U.S. and European populations live under light-polluted skies, according to a study and...

The new compound emits a broadband spectrum of light upon excitation with an infrared laser. Image credit: Nils Wilhelm Rosemann.

New Compound Can Transform Infrared into Visible Light

Jun 10, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists in Germany has developed a compound that can transform infrared into warm, white-colored light. The new compound emits a broadband...

Location of Cape Espenberg. Image credit: Rand McNally.

Asian Metals were Traded in Alaska Centuries before Sustained Contact with Europeans

Jun 10, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Two artifacts found at Cape Espenberg on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska are the first evidence that Asian metal alloys reached North...

Opaque Clouds on hot-Jupiters May Hide Atmospheric Water, Scientists Say

Jun 10, 2016 by News Staff

Hot, Jupiter-sized extrasolar planets often have cloud or haze layers in their atmospheres, and this may prevent astronomers from detecting atmospheric...

An artist’s impression of PTFO8-8695 b, which is believed to orbit a star in the constellation Orion every 11 hours. Image credit: A. Passwaters / Rice University.

Young Star Destroys Gas Giant Exoplanet

Jun 9, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers searching for the Milky Way’s youngest exoplanets have uncovered strong evidence for one unlike any other, a so-called ‘hot-Jupiter’...

Periodic table of the elements. Image credit: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry / Sci-News.com.

Nihonium, Tennessine, Oganesson, Moscovium: Four New Chemical Elements Get Names

Jun 9, 2016 by News Staff

Nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og) are the new names of chemical elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 on the periodic table. Periodic...

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

Scientists Find 700,000-Year-Old Remains of Proto-Homo floresiensis

Jun 9, 2016 by News Staff

New hominin fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores shed light on the origin of the mysterious ‘hobbit’ species, Homo floresiensis. Hominin remains...

This wide-field view is centered on the globular star cluster Messier 4 (also known as NGC 6121) in the constellation of Scorpius. It is a color composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). Image credit: ESO / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin.

Astrophysicists Record ‘Stellar Music’ from Milky Way’s Oldest Stars

Jun 8, 2016 by News Staff

A multinational team of astrophysicists has recorded the ‘sounds’ from some of the oldest stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. This wide-field view is centered...