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Artist’s impression of the clouds scattered by an intermediate mass black hole. Image credit: Tomoharu Oka / Keio University.

Japanese Astronomers Detect Signs of Milky Way’s Second-Largest Black Hole

Jan 19, 2016 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from Japan, led by Keio University scientist Prof. Tomoharu Oka, has detected signs of an intermediate-mass black hole in the central...

Excavations of the carcass of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from channel deposits unit. Image credit: Vladimir V. Pitulko et al.

Woolly Mammoth Find Suggests Earlier Human Arrival in Eurasian Arctic

Jan 19, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A partial carcass of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) with signs of weapon-inflicted injuries suggests people lived in the Eurasian Arctic 10,000...

Visualization of the structure of the created quantum knot: each colorful band represents a set of nearby directions of the quantum field that is knotted; note that each band is twisted and linked with the others once; untying the knot requires the bands to separate, which is not possible without breaking them. Image credit: David Hall.

Physicists Create Quantum Knots for the First Time

Jan 18, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a breakthrough discovery detailed in a paper in the journal Nature Physics, a team of physicists from Finland and the United States has found a way...

Aerial view of the 2,700-year-old farmstead. Image credit: Griffin Aerial Photography.

2,700-Year-Old Farmstead, Byzantine Period Monastery Unearthed in Israel

Jan 18, 2016 by News Staff

In Rosh Ha-Ayin, a city in the Center District of Israel, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed the remains of a 2,700-year-old...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the irregular galaxy NGC 5408, which is located 17.4 million light-years from Earth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NGC 5408: Hubble Snaps Image of Little-Known Irregular Galaxy

Jan 18, 2016 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an incredible image of the nearby galaxy NGC 5408. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

This image, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015, shows a possible cryovolcano on Pluto. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

New Horizons Beams Back Image of Possible Cryovolcano on Pluto’s Surface

Jan 15, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back a beautiful image of one of two potential cryovolcanoes spotted on the surface of Pluto. This image, taken...

This is an artist’s impression of the hot, dust-obscured galaxy W2246-0526. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / Dana Berry / SkyWorks / ALMA / ESO / NAOJ.

Universe’s Most Luminous Galaxy is Tearing Itself Apart

Jan 15, 2016 by Natali Anderson

The galaxy W2246-0526 – the most luminous known galaxy in the Universe – is so turbulent that it is in the process of ejecting its entire supply...

ASASSN-15lh: Astronomers Discover Most Luminous Supernova Ever Seen

Jan 15, 2016 by News Staff

A large international team of astronomers has spotted an extremely luminous supernova in a massive galaxy 3.82 billion light-years away. An artist’s...

Finds from Talepu excavations: flakes (a-f, j-m), cores (g, h, i). All artifacts shown are silicified limestone. Scale bars -10 mm (a-i), 20 mm (j-m). Image credit: Gerrit D. van den Bergh et al.

Archaeologists Unearth 118,000-Year-Old Stone Tools on Indonesian Island of Sulawesi

Jan 14, 2016 by News Staff

New archaeological evidence published online in the journal Nature has pushed back the accepted earliest human occupation of Sulawesi to more than 110,000...

This Hubble image shows the green pea galaxy J0925+1403. Image credit: NASA.

Green Pea Galaxies Reionized Early Universe, Astronomers Say

Jan 14, 2016 by News Staff

According to a multinational team of astronomers, led by Dr Yuri Izotov from the Main Astronomical Observatory in Ukraine, so-called ‘green pea’ galaxies...

Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica. Image credit: Durham University.

World’s Largest Canyon System May Lie under Antarctic Ice Sheet

Jan 14, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to an analysis of satellite data published last month in the journal Geology, the world’s largest canyon system and a large lake may lie under...

Researchers conducting fieldwork in the Kimberley. Image credit: University of Melbourne.

Scientists Find 20 New Species of Freshwater Fish in Australia

Jan 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A team of scientists led by University of Melbourne researcher Dr Matthew Le Feuvre has described twenty new species of freshwater fish from the rivers...

Examples of stimuli used in the study: faces (human happy versus angry, dog playful versus aggressive) and their correspondent vocalizations. Image credit: Natalia Albuquerque et al.

New Study Shows Dogs Can Recognize Dog, Human Emotions

Jan 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

Dogs can recognize emotions in both dogs and humans by combining information from different senses, according to a study published today in the journal...

Cambridge Archaeological Unit scientists have unearthed the charred wooden roof structure of a 3,000-year-old round house. Image credit: Cambridge Archaeological Unit.

Archaeologists Uncover Best-Preserved Bronze Age Dwellings Ever Found in Britain

Jan 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A group of archaeologists from the University of Cambridge’s Archaeological Unit (CAU) has unearthed well-preserved Bronze Age dwellings during an excavation...

Canadian Eskimo dogs. Illustration by John James Audubon and John Bachman (1845-1848).

Study: Domestication of Dogs May Have Caused Harmful Genetic Changes

Jan 12, 2016 by News Staff

According to a study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, dog domestication may have caused harmful genetic changes. Canadian...

Lonchura striata. Image credit: Thimindu Goonatillake / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Songbirds Sing Like Humans, Researchers Say

Jan 12, 2016 by News Staff

Vocal muscles of songbirds work like those of human speakers and singers, according to Emory University scientist Dr Samuel Sober and his colleagues from...

The study increases the total number of POAG-related genes to 15. Image credit: National Eye Institute.

Scientists Discover New Genes Related to Glaucoma

Jan 12, 2016 by News Staff

Work done by Dr Jessica Cooke Bailey of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and co-authors has led to the discovery of three genes that...

The binary star system HR 5171 is the bright object just below the center of this wide-field image. Image credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2 / ESO.

European Astronomers Solve Mystery of Hypergiant Star HR 5171A

Jan 12, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers from Belgium and the Netherlands believe they have discovered the origin of mysterious blue light coming from the hypergiant star HR 5171A. The...

This image, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Beams Back Stunning Image of Saturn

Jan 11, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Cassini robotic orbiter has sent an amazing picture of Saturn, one of the Solar System’s gas giants. This image, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft,...