🌘 Subscribe 404 To the media to be acquired summarya newsletter about the week’s most exciting and surprising science news and research. The remains of a strange, long-lost world that collapsed before our planet was fully formed are falling to Earth in the form of meteorites. According to new research in Earth and Planetary Science … Read more
Forget that cockroaches took over the Earth after a nuclear war. When scientists at Oxford and Harvard Universities set out to determine which creatures would be the last survivors after an apocalyptic catastrophe, they focused on microscopic eight-legged animals that avoid urban pests altogether and reach just half a millimeter in length. of TardigradeThis animal, … Read more
Among the more than 4,500 known planetary host stars, one surprising pattern stands out. Planets are expected to form around most stars, and many stars exist in pairs, but worlds orbiting both stars are extremely rare. Of the more than 6,000 exoplanets, or exoplanets, discovered to date (mostly by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and the … Read more
Black holes are one of the most extreme objects in the universe. It can propel matter outward at near-light speeds in powerful plasma beams known as jets. These jets are thought to be one of the most energetic phenomena in the universe. Our new work was published today natural astronomychallenges this intuition. It turns out … Read more
Animal communication can look very different, including flashing lights, chirping sounds, body movements, and songs. But beneath that diversity, scientists are beginning to discover surprising patterns. A new study suggests that many animal species, from insects to mammals, may “talk” at roughly the same rhythm, about two beats per second. And that shared tempo may … Read more
Primordial stars found to contain few elements heavier than hydrogen or helium could be direct descendants of one of the first stars in the universe. if star If they were like myths, the first generation of stars that existed in the universe would be like the gods of ancient Greece. It was huge and mysterious, … Read more