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Archaeologists Recover Three Civil War Cannons from Scuttled CSS Pee Dee

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina has recovered three Civil War cannons – two Confederate Brooke rifle cannons...

This is a color-coded topographic map of Occator crater. Blue is the lowest elevation, and brown is the highest. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS.

NASA Scientists Release Improved Maps of Dwarf Planet Ceres

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission have released new color-coded maps of Ceres showing the highs and lows of topography on the dwarf planet’s surface...

Atopopsyllus cionus may carry evidence of an ancestral strain of the bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis). Image credit: George Poinar Jr.

Ancient Flea, Possible Ancestor of Bubonic Plague Found Preserved in Dominican Amber

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

Dr George Poinar Jr. of Oregon State University has found a fossilized flea carrying ancient coccobacillus bacteria. The discovery was announced in the...

Study: Viruses Are Living Entities, Not Machines

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

Viruses are fully-alive organisms that share a long evolutionary history with cells, according to a new study published last week in the journal Science...

The artist's concept depicts a super-Earth-size planet. Image credit: NASA Ames / JPL-Caltech.

Terrestrial Exoplanets around Low-Mass Stars Probably Have Protective Magnetospheres

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

Earth-mass exoplanets orbiting close to low-mass parent stars likely have magnetic fields that protect them from stellar radiation, says a duo of astronomers...

The new study suggests a link between the genes that increase a person’s height and those that produce a reduced body weight. Image credit: Art Comments / CC BY 2.0.

Researchers Say Slimness and Tallness May Be Genetically Linked

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

If you’re tall, you’re also more likely to be slim, according to a team of scientists led by the University of Queensland. The new study suggests a...

Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera on September 19, 2014, at 28.6 km from the center of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The images used for this mosaic were taken in sequence as a 2x2 raster over a 20 minute period, meaning that there is some motion of the spacecraft and rotation of the comet between the images. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

Rosetta’s Spectrometer Detects Noble Gas Argon at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) mass spectrometer aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has detected the noble gas argon,...

The holotype of Angustopila dominikae in the eye of a sewing needle to picture its extraordinary small size. Image credit: B. Pall-Gergely / N. Szpisjak.

Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Microsnails in China

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

Seven new species of minute land snails have been discovered in the Chinese province of Guangxi by Dr Barna Pall-Gergely of Shinshu University and his...

Life reconstruction of Palaeochiropteryx sp. Image credit: Obsidian Soul / CC BY-SA 3.0 / adapted by Sci-News.com.

Paleontologists Determine Original Color of Extinct Bats

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists from the United States and the United Kingdom has discovered the reddish brown color of extinct bats from fossils dating back...

The Sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 10:58 a.m. EDT on September 28. This SDO image shows a subset of extreme UV light that highlights the extraordinarily hot material in flares and which is typically colorized in red. Image credit: NASA / SDO.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees Mid-Level Solar Flare

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a mid-level solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the lower right hand side of the...

Black rice in Haikou, Hainan, China. Image credit: Anna Frodesiak.

Genetic Researchers Solve Mystery of Black Rice

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

A genome-wide analysis of 21 black rice varieties as well as red- and white-grained landraces demonstrated that black rice arose in a rice subspecies called...

This image of an impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 30, 2015. The crater is approximately 3,300 feet (1-km) wide and appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona / Alfred McEwen.

NASA Scientists Find Evidence for Seasonal Water Flows on Mars

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

Using an imaging spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, agency’s planetary scientists have detected signatures of hydrated minerals on...

Underwater Archaeologists Recover New Artifacts from Antikythera Shipwreck

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating the famous 2,050-year-old Roman shipwreck off the remote island of Antikythera, Greece, have uncovered more than fifty new artifacts...

This image snapped by Hubble reveals a detailed view of part of the disc of beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 613. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / S. Smartt, Queen's University Belfast / Robert Gendler.

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Breathtaking Picture of NGC 613

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of NGC 613, a barred spiral galaxy. This image snapped by Hubble reveals a detailed...

Aurora borealis over Norway. Image credit: Carsten / CC BY 2.0.

Arctic Polar Night Isn’t for Sleep, Researchers Say

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

The Arctic polar night is not a period without any biological activity as had been assumed, says a large international team of biologists led by Norwegian...

Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii) in Askania Nova, a biosphere reserve located in Ukraine. Image credit: 2B Patchett / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scientists Compare Genomes of Domestic and Przewalski’s Horses

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists have produced the first comparison of DNA sequences between Przewalski’s horse and the domestic horse. Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus...

Vista Magellanic Clouds Survey view of the galaxy SAGE0536AGN (elliptical object in the center of the frame). Image credit: ESO / VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey / Royal Astronomical Society.

Monster Black Hole Found 2.3 Billion Light-Years Away

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the UK has discovered a black hole of 350 million solar masses at the center of the galaxy SAGE1C J053634.78−722658.5 (SAGE0536AGN...

This high-resolution image of Pluto was taken by New Horizons on July 14. Pluto’s surface sports a remarkable range of subtle colors, enhanced in this view to a rainbow of pale blues, yellows, oranges, and deep reds. Many landforms have their own distinct colors, telling a complex geological and climatological story that scientists have only just begun to decode. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

NASA Releases New High Resolution Images of Pluto

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

NASA’s New Horizons has beamed back its best color picture of the dwarf planet Pluto, as well as other stunning, close-up images of the planet’s surface...

The forest bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola) is one of two bumblebee species in the central Rocky Mountains that has responded to a decline in flowering in alpine habitats by evolving a shorter tongue. Image credit: Nicole Miller-Struttman.

Study: Global Warming Shrinking Tongues of Alpine Bumblebees

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

A new study in the journal Science shows that two alpine bumblebee species have responded to a decline in flowering due to warming temperatures by evolving...