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In the 1660s, Italian astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini discovered something while looking at the planet Jupiter: a massive spot now known as the planet’s signature. Known as the Great Red Spot or Permanent Spot, the planetary feature is…

Scientists believe they’ve found a window into the dawn of time on Earth, and it’s hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean.A team led by geophysicist Simon Lamb, of the University of Wellington and scientist Cornel de Ronde, of GNS Science,…

By Ewan D. Barr, Arunima Dutta, and Benjamin Stappers February 3, 2024Researchers have identified an enigmatic cosmic system that might contain an object bridging the gap between neutron stars and black holes, challenging existing…

While examining dinosaur fossils for a school project a few years ago, Kyle Atkins-Weltman noticed a few irregularities.He set out to study bones that were believed to belong to an Anzu wyliei, a birdlike dinosaur known as the “Chicken…

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of the oldest black hole ever seen, a 13-billion-year-old object that's actually "eating" its host galaxy to death.Astronomers made the discovery with the James Webb Space Telescope.The…

By April Ryder | Published 10 seconds ago When you think of frogs, fangs aren’t typically the first thing to come to mind. However, the lush, volcanic hills of Sulawesi, Indonesia serve as the home for more than a handful of fanged…

By Kevin C. Neece | Published 9 seconds ago On an Argentinian plateau in Puna de Atacama’s salt plains, scientists have recently found an entire system of lagoons that are part of an ecosystem that had until now been hidden. Within…

When geneticist Marlena Fejzo was pregnant for the first time, she suffered from nausea and vomiting like a majority — approximately 70% — of pregnant people do. In most cases, symptoms are manageable and often dissipate by the end of…

An “alien” ecosystem has just been discovered in a remote part of the Atacama desert which is “unlike anything” ever seen before, a team of scientists has revealed.The incredible patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons surrounded by vast salt…

An “alien” ecosystem has just been discovered in a remote part of the Atacama desert which is “unlike anything” ever seen before, a team of scientists has revealed.The incredible patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons surrounded by vast salt…