Astronomers Measure The Mass of a Planet With No Star For The First Time : ScienceAlert
Not all planets are lucky enough to live in a neighborhood like our Solar System – some are…
This Stunning ‘Blue Marble’ Fruit Isn’t Actually Blue – It’s a Wild Optical Illusion : ScienceAlert
The fruit of Africa’s marble berry (Pollia condensata) is a true living gemstone, sporting a stunning metallic blue…
Prehistoric Sea Monster Didn’t Stick to The Oceans, Suggests Fossil Study : ScienceAlert
Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs, but new research reveals…
Hubble Reveals Extreme Chaos Inside ‘Dracula’s Sandwich’ : ScienceAlert
As a young star develops, so too does a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas around it, ready…
Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on Collision Course in a Cosmic First : ScienceAlert
Some 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, a massive event is unfolding on cosmic scales. There, not two, but…
Earth’s Core Seems to Be Wrapped in Layers Like an Onion, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Seismic waves passing through Earth’s inner core have revealed much about our planet’s iron center: how it’s changing…
World’s Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland : ScienceAlert
A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the…
This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Contained a Sparkling Crystal Surprise : ScienceAlert
A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China gave paleontologists a huge surprise. Rather than a…
This Bizarre Parasitic ‘Mushroom’ Plant Quit Photosynthesis – And It’s Thriving : ScienceAlert
A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to…
Over 50% of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren’t From Clogged Arteries : ScienceAlert
Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block flow…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen : ScienceAlert
A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we’ve ever spotted out there…