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Astronomers Capture Spectacular NGC 3576, NGC 3603

This image shows two star formation regions in the southern Milky Way: the first of these, on the left, is dominated by the star cluster NGC 3603; the second object, on the right, is NGC 3576. Image credit: ESO / G. Beccari.
Aug 20, 2014 by News Staff

A group of astronomers using the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has captured an image of two intriguing and beautiful star formation regions in our Milky Way Galaxy known as NGC 3603 and NGC 3576. This image shows two star formation regions in the southern Milky Way: the first of these, on the left, is dominated by the star cluster NGC 3603; the second object, on the right, is NGC 3576. Image credit: ESO / G. Beccari. NGC 3576,...

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Life restoration of a group of giant azhdarchids, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, foraging on a Cretaceous fern prairie. Image credit: Mark Witton / Darren Naish.

Toothless Pterosaurs Ruled Upper Cretaceous Skies, Says Paleontologist

Aug 20, 2014 by News Staff

Toothless flying reptiles from the pterosaur family Azhdarchidae dominated the skies during the Upper Cretaceous, between 100 and 60 million years ago,...

Rostral view of a male of Boophis ankarafensis. Image credit: Penny SG et al.

Beautiful New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Madagascar

Aug 19, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of scientists headed by Dr Goncalo Rosa of the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology has described...

This composite image shows the nearby galaxy Messier 82. The intermediate-mass black hole M82 X-1 is the brightest object in the inset. Image credit: full-field - X-ray: NASA / CXC / JHU / D. Strickland; optical: NASA / ESA / STScI / AURA/ Hubble Heritage Team; IR: NASA / JPL-Caltech /Univ. of AZ / C. Engelbracht; inset - NASA / CXC / Tsinghua University / H. Feng et al.

M82 X-1: Astronomers Zoom in on Rare Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Messier 82

Aug 18, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Dr Dheeraj Pasham at the University of Maryland have determined the mass of a black hole known as M82 X-1, which is located in the nearby...

Maps of the measured DIB absorption in respect to the area they cover in our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: Janez Kos / Nick Risinger / RAVE team.

Astronomers Create Maps of Milky Way’s Interstellar Material

Aug 16, 2014 by News Staff

A group of astronomers from Europe, Australia and the United States led by Dr Janez Kos of the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia has produced pseudo-3D...

When dodder (Cuscuta pentagona) attacks other plants, there is a vast exchange of genetic information between the parasite and its host. Image credit: Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Biologists Discover New Form of Plant Communication

Aug 15, 2014 by News Staff

U.S. biologists led by Prof James Westwood of the Virginia Tech’s Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science have found that parasitic...

False color, high-resolution image of the vanadium metallic glass, showing typical amorphous characteristics. Image credit: Li Zhong et al.

Scientists Turn Pure Metal into Glass

Aug 14, 2014 by News Staff

A team of materials scientists headed by Prof Scott Mao from the University of Pittsburgh has managed to make metallic glasses from pure, monoatomic metals. False...

This is a reconstruction of three growth stages of Caiuajara dobruskii. Image credit: Maurilio Oliveira / Museu Nacional-UFRJ.

Caiuajara dobruskii: New Pterosaur Species Discovered in Brazil

Aug 14, 2014 by News Staff

Brazilian paleontologists have unearthed a large bone bed with at least 47 individuals of a previously unknown pterosaur, named Caiuajara dobruskii. This...

An adult male of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica. Image credit: Richard E. Lee Jr.

Belgica antarctica: Antarctic Midge Has Smallest Insect Genome

Aug 13, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of genetic researchers headed by Prof David Denlinger of the Ohio State University, the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) has the...

Keesingia gigas in bloom of sea tomatoes, Crambione mastigophora. Image credit: John Totterdell / MIRG Australia.

Two New Extremely Venomous Irukandji Jellyfish Discovered in Australia

Aug 12, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Two new species of jellyfish – Keesingia gigas and Malo bella, both believed to cause Irukandji syndrome, have been discovered off Western Australia’s...

Electron micrograph of bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell. Image credit: Dr Graham Beards.

CrAssphage: Previously Unknown Ancient Gut Virus Lives in Half World’s Population

Aug 11, 2014 by News Staff

About half the world’s population carries a newly discovered gut virus, dubbed CrAssphage, says a team of virologists led by Prof Robert Edwards of San...

Facial approximation of Homo floresiensis. Image credit: Susan Hayes / Australian Archaeological Association.

Homo floresiensis is not Distinct Human Species, Suggests New Research

Aug 9, 2014 by News Staff

A fresh study on Homo floresiensis, conducted by Prof Robert Eckhardt of Pennsylvania State University and his colleagues, suggests that LB1 – the...

The 2.6-million-light-year-long stream of atomic hydrogen gas, shown in green, stretches from the large galaxy at the bottom left to the group of galaxies at the top; a third nearby galaxy to the right also has a shorter stream of gas attached to it; the three insets show expanded views of the different galaxies and the green circle indicates the Arecibo telescope beam. Image credit: Rhys Taylor / Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey / the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, www.sdss.org.

Astronomers Discover 2.6-Million-Light-Year-Long Stream of Hydrogen

Aug 8, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers using the William E. Gordon Telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has discovered a 2.6-million-light-year-long...

The hoard of 114 bronze coins from the Great Revolt Era unearthed on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Vladimir Niihin / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Treasure Trove of Great Revolt Era Coins Unearthed in Jerusalem

Aug 8, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed a cache of 114 bronze coins, dating to the Year Four of the Great Revolt, at an archaeological...

Top: phylogeny of sharks analyzed by the team and close-ups of their eyes. Bottom: head of the Viper shark with protruded jaws; note how binocular vision is prevented frontally by an enlarged snout. Image credit: Claes JM et al.

Study Sheds More Light on Unique Eyes of Deep-Sea Bioluminescent Sharks

Aug 8, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, the eyes of mesopelagic bioluminescent sharks have a higher rod density when compared to other...

This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1309; the X-shaped feature at the top of the image of the galaxy marks the location of the supernova SN 2012Z; the inset panel from 2013 shows the supernova; archival Hubble data from 2005 and 2006 show the progenitor system for the supernova. Image credit: NASA / ESA / C. McCully and S. Jha, Rutgers University / R. Foley, University of Illinois / Z. Levay, STScI / Hubble Heritage Team / A. Riess, JHU / STScI.

Hubble Finds Progenitor to Rare Type Iax Supernova SN 2012Z

Aug 7, 2014 by News Staff

Archival photographs from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have been used to uncover the progenitor to the supernova SN 2012Z – the binary star system...

Laquintasaura venezuelae: New Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Venezuela

Aug 6, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists from Switzerland and the United Kingdom have discovered a new genus and species of plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Venezuela...

Left: the image of Io taken in the near-infrared with adaptive optics at the Gemini North telescope on August 29, 2013. Image credit: Katherine de Kleer / UC Berkeley / Gemini Observatory / AURA. Right: NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired this image of Io in July 1999. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona.

Scientists Capture Three Massive Volcanic Eruptions on Io

Aug 5, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of scientists, using the W. M. Keck Observatory’s 10-meter Keck II telescope, the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea and the...

Horses in Navarre, Spain. Image credit: Mikel Ortega / Richard Bartz / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horses Can Communicate Using Their Eyes, Ears

Aug 5, 2014 by News Staff

According to a study reported in the journal Current Biology, horses can communicate with their mobile ears and eyes. Horses in Navarre, Spain. Image credit:...

Spotted Green Pigeon is Distinct Species, DNA Study Proves

Aug 5, 2014 by News Staff

New genetic research conducted by scientists from Griffith University in Nathan, Australia, and the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, has confirmed...

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