This artist’s impression shows a kilonova produced by the collision of two neutron stars. By studying the consequences of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB), two independent teams of astronomers using a multitude of telescopes in space and on Earth, including the Gemini North Telescope in Hawai’i and the Gemini South Telescope in Chile, discovered the …
Artist’s impression of a 525 million year old Cardiodictyon catenulum on the shallow coastal seafloor, emerging from the shelter of a small stromatolite built by photosynthetic bacteria. Credit: Nicholas Strausfeld/University of Arizona Fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system resolve a century-old debate about brain evolution in arthropods, the most …
A newly discovered planet has the diameter of Jupiter but eight times its mass, giving it twice the density of Earth despite being composed mostly of gas. Not only have these characteristics of this “super Jupiter” puzzled astronomers, but they could also challenge current theories about planet formation. The exoplanetwhich lies about 310 light-years outside …
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Artist’s impression of a 525 million year old Cardiodictyon catenulum on the shallow coastal seafloor, emerging from the shelter of a small stromatolite built by photosynthetic bacteria. Credit: Nicholas Strausfeld/University of Arizona Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago could force a science textbook to rewrite brain …
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Artist’s impression of a 525 million year old Cardiodictyon catenulum on the shallow coastal seafloor, emerging from the shelter of a small stromatolite built by photosynthetic bacteria. Credit: Nicholas Strausfeld/University of Arizona Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago could force a science textbook on brain evolution …
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An “overweight” neutron star has been observed by astronomers, who say the mysterious object confuses astronomical theories. The hypermassive star was produced by the merger of two smaller neutron stars. Normally, such collisions result in neutron stars so massive that they almost instantly collapse into a black hole under their own gravity. But the latest …
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