New telescope images prove comet 3I/ATLAS is getting brighter and greener on its way to Earth
New telescope images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS confirm that the mysterious object has gotten brighter and greener since it moved closer to the sun in late October. This increase in activity could herald a new bright burst of cometary material as 3I/ATLAS heads toward its closest approach to Earth next week. New images taken on […]
Giant structure discovered deep underground in Bermuda is unlike anything else on Earth
Step aside, the Bermuda Triangle: The North Atlantic’s newest mystery lies beneath this enigmatic archipelago. Scientists have discovered a strange rock formation 20 kilometers thick beneath the oceanic crust of Bermuda. This level of thickness has never been seen in other similar formations around the world. “Normally, you would expect the bottom of the ocean […]
‘Very novel and highly puzzling’: Unknown species of squid found buried upside down pretending to be a plant
Scientists have photographed a never-before-seen deep-sea squid burying itself upside down on the ocean floor. This behavior has never been recorded in cephalopods. They captured the strange sight while surveying the depths of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a deep-sea plain in the Pacific Ocean that is targeted for deep-sea mining. The researchers describe the encounter […]
New “DNA cassette tape” can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone, and data can be stored for 20,000 years if frozen
Running out of space on your phone? Don’t upgrade your cloud storage subscription yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files, and other digital data can be stored on DNA strands fused to a 330-foot-long (100-meter) plastic strip that can hold the equivalent of 3 billion songs. This is a far cry from […]
‘It’s too big to imagine’: Scientists discover a monster black hole with winds blowing at more than 130 million miles per hour
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that is whipping up cosmic winds at record speed. The black hole, located 135 million light-years from Earth at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 3783, caught the attention of researchers after it emitted a huge X-ray flare. When the explosion subsided, winds roared at more than 37,000 […]
‘They’ve never seen it before’: Romans made liquid plaster paste and smeared it on the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints, new study finds
About 1,800 years ago, people preparing for burial in Roman England created a plaster-like paste and applied it to corpses, leaving fingerprints that are still visible today, researchers reported in a recent blog post. These newly discovered prints reveal a pragmatic approach to funerary practices in the third and fourth centuries AD, the archaeologists said. […]
Study finds killer whales work with dolphins to hunt salmon – but not everyone agrees
Killer whales off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, have been seen hunting with dolphins and sharing the remains of salmon after killing them. Killer whales (Orcinus orca), or killer whales, found in northern waters off the coast of British Columbia, have been observed working with white-sided dolphins (Aethalodelphis obliquidens) to hunt Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus […]
James Webb Telescope discovers ‘monster star’ leaking nitrogen in the early universe – could help solve big mysteries
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered the first evidence of a “monster star” in the early universe. This provides new clues about how supermassive black holes got so big just a billion years into the universe’s history. The research team discovered these giant stars, with masses between 1,000 and 10,000 times […]
Time moves faster on Mars, proving Einstein right and posing new challenges for human missions
Scientists have discovered that time moves slightly faster on the Red Planet than on Earth. Clocks on Mars, when measured from Earth, run an average of 0.477 milliseconds (477 microseconds) faster in a 24-hour period compared to time recorded on Earth, a new study has found. Knowing this difference may help establish an “internet” throughout […]
Insomnia and anxiety go hand in hand with weakened immunity – new research begins to explain why
Stress, anxiety, and sleepless nights not only affect your peace of mind, they can also weaken your body’s defenses and make you more susceptible to infections, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. Now, scientists have discovered a potential mechanism that may link these psychological factors and immune problems. In a new study published Dec. 10 in the […]