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This image shows the archetypal Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / Davide de Martin.

Astronomers Zoom in on Strange Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 5548

Jun 20, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers have detected a clumpy gas stream flowing quickly outward and blocking 90 percent of the X-rays emitted by the supermassive black hole at the...

This is an artist's reconstruction of the fauna of Zanda basin - the richest basin on the Tibetan Plateau - from the Pliocene (about 5 to 3 million years ago). Image credit: Julie Selan / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

New Fossil Fox Discovery Supports Out-of-Tibet Hypothesis

Jun 19, 2014 by News Staff

The exciting discovery of an extinct species of Tibetan fox adds more credence to the out-of-Tibet hypothesis, in which the Tibetan Plateau served as a...

This image shows a region of space containing distant dwarf galaxies. Image credit: NASA / ESA / GOODS Team / M. Giavalisco, STScI, University of Massachusetts / H. Atek, EPFL / J-P. Kneib, EPFL.

Hubble Observations Shed New Light on Star Formation in Early Universe

Jun 19, 2014 by News Staff

Starbursts in dwarf galaxies played a bigger role than expected in the early Universe, according to new data from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), onboard...

Mystery Surrounding Lost Army of Persian King Cambyses II May Have Been Solved

Jun 19, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

Prof Olaf Kaper, an archaeologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, believes he may have solved one of the greatest mysteries in ancient history...

Example from Europe. Gravid adult female Dolomedes plantarius captured stickleback, Pungitius laevis, in turf pond in East Anglia, UK. Image credit: Helen Smith, South Lopham, Norfolk, UK.

Spiders Catch and Eat Fish, Says New Study

Jun 19, 2014 by News Staff

A new research conducted by Prof Martin Nyffeler from the University of Basel and Prof Bradley Pusey from the University of Western Australia provides...

Mercuriceratops gemini. Image credit: Danielle Dufault / Gerhard Boeggemann.

Mercuriceratops: New Long-Horned Dinosaur Discovered

Jun 18, 2014 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists from Canada and the United States has discovered a new genus and species of horned, plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the...

This image shows a fragment of the 4.5 billion-year-old Tenham meteorite that contains tiny crystals of bridgmanite. Image credit: Chi Ma.

Bridgmanite: Earth’s Most Abundant Mineral Named after Nobel Physicist

Jun 18, 2014 by News Staff

A new mineral, believed to be the most abundant on our planet, has been named after U.S. physicist Percy Williams Bridgman (1882 – 1961), who won the...

Artistic reconstruction of Herpetocetus morrowi in the late Pliocene Pacific Ocean off southern California. The fish depicted in the upper left is a sheephead, Semicossyphus sp. Image credit: Robert Boessenecker.

Herpetocetus morrowi: New Fossil Species of Dwarf Baleen Whale Discovered

Jun 18, 2014 by Natali Anderson

A new species of diminutive baleen whale that lived between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago (Late Pliocene) has been described by U.S. paleontologists led...

View looking north at the Ice River Spring. Located in the polar desert of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, this spring carves a gully remarkable similar to those observed on Mars. Image credit: Stephen Grasby.

Canadian Scientists Discover Northernmost Perennial Spring

Jun 17, 2014 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Canada has announced the discovery of the Earth’s highest latitude perennial spring, located in the polar desert of the Canadian...

Blue light may increase hunger. Image credit: Alexofdodd / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blue Light Exposure before Evening Meal Linked to Increased Hunger

Jun 17, 2014 by News Staff

Blue-enriched light exposure immediately before the evening meal may increase hunger, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep (abstract...

This artistic concept shows Kepler-186f. Image credit: NASA Ames / SETI Institute / JPL-CalTech.

New Methane-Hunting Tool May Advance Search for Alien Life

Jun 17, 2014 by News Staff

UK and Australian astronomers have developed a powerful new tool that could help detect chemical signs of alien life on planets outside of the Solar System. The...

This scanning electron microscope image shows a cast of polyp chambers and connections of Protulophila in a worm tube. Image credit: Paul Taylor / Natural History Museum, London.

Marine Animal Thought to be Extinct for 4 Million Years Found Alive

Jun 17, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Protulophila, a microscopic marine animal thought to have been extinct for 4 million years, has been found living in seas around New Zealand. This scanning...

Distribution of the newly discovered ice structures (black color) in northern Greenland. Image credit: Robin E. Bell et al.

Giant Ice Structures Found under Greenland Ice Sheet

Jun 16, 2014 by News Staff

Geophysicists from the United States and Sweden have discovered ice blocks as tall as city skyscrapers at the very bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The...

Supersonus piercei, female. Image credit: Natasha Mhatre.

Newly Discovered Bushcrickets Have Highest-Pitch Love Calls

Jun 16, 2014 by News Staff

A group of entomologists headed by Dr Fernando Montealegre-Z from the University of Lincoln, UK, reported the discovery of a new genus and three species...

This map shows global temperature anomalies for January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. Image credit: Robert Simmon, NASA / Adam Voiland.

Arctic Amplification Linked to Fewer Extreme Winters in Northern Hemisphere

Jun 16, 2014 by News Staff

A new study reported in the journal Nature Climate Change questions fears that Europe and North America will experience more days of cold weather over...

Elachuridae: Ornithologists Describe New Family of Passerine Birds

Jun 16, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

A group of ornithologists led by Dr Trevor Price of the University of Chicago has described a new family of birds that is represented by just one species,...

This false-color mosaic, made from infrared data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reveals the differences in the composition of surface materials around hydrocarbon lakes at Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Titan is the only other place in the solar system that we know has stable liquid on its surface, though its lakes are made of liquid ethane and methane rather than liquid water. While there is one large lake and a few smaller ones near Titan's south pole, almost all of Titan's lakes appear near the moon's north pole. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona / University of Idaho.

NASA Scientists Recreate Complex Chemistry of Titan’s Atmosphere

Jun 15, 2014 by News Staff

The chemistry of the smoggy atmosphere of the Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been successfully simulated by NASA researchers in lab experiments. This...

This artist's impression shows the surface of Pluton, Charon and the Sun. Image credit: ESO / L. Calçada.

Charon May Once Have Had Underground Ocean

Jun 14, 2014 by News Staff

Charon – the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto – may once have had a warm subterranean ocean, suggests a team of planetary scientists led...

Megamastax amblyodus: Largest Silurian Vertebrate Discovered in China

Jun 13, 2014 by News Staff

A newly discovered fossil fish named Megamastax amblyodus is the largest vertebrate known in the Silurian fossil record, says a group of paleontologists...