Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful force that helped build the Solar System
About 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system began as an enormous cloud of gas and dust. Over…
Scattering neutrinos to probe the fundamental laws of the universe | MIT News
As an experimental particle physicist and sixth-year PhD student in the Formaggio Group in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Reyes…
Some gray squirrels are black, and where they live could explain why
Eastern gray squirrels can be black or gray, and new research reveals how surprisingly local conditions are linked…
Tokyo considers littering fine to tackle growing trash issue in popular areas
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering introducing a fine, via an ordinance, to punish littering in the capital,…
Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful force that helped build the Solar System
About 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system began as an enormous cloud of gas and dust. Over…
Hairy-legged, red-eyed sea spider discovered in the Salish Sea
Two new species of sea spider have been discovered in the Salish Sea off the west coast of…
A methanogen hydrolase reveals the structure of archaeal peptidoglycan
Vollmer, W., Blanot, D. & De Pedro, M. A. Peptidoglycan structure and architecture. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 32, 149–167…
Earth’s tides are shaped by more than the Moon. And they’re changing as the planet warms
In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the…
Astronomers discover the 1st black hole powered ‘microquasar’ in the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered the first microblazar in the Milky Way, a black hole-powered particle accelerator that is blasting…
Early metal-enriched baryon cycling before the midpoint of cosmic reionization
Observations and data reduction The data analysed in this work were obtained as part of the JWST Cycle…
Fears for survival of Warrnambool’s little penguins and famous Maremma guardian dog project
For 20 years, a penguin colony on a small island by the Victorian coastal city of Warrnambool has…
Lunar orbiter spots ‘once in a lifetime’ new crater
The moon’s surface experienced a violent encounter with a comet or an asteroid — and has a massive…