One of the main drivers of extreme heat building in Earth's atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced Thursday. Carbon dioxidethe gas which accounts for…
A group of small branching ferns - credit Paul Fernandez, published via iScience On the island of New Caledonia, a simple, nondescript species of fern has been identified as having…
Chassigny meteorite in cross-polarized light - Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego When a meteorite crashed into Mars eleven million years ago, pieces of the Red Planet flew…
If or when SLAC's planned project, the Light Dark Matter Experiment (LDMX), receives funding — a decision from the Department of Energy is expected in the next year or so…
Scientists have found that rare intermediate-mass black holes may have formed in dense star clusters. Known as "globular clusters," these bodies are filled with tens of thousands to millions of…
The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope, existed 290 million years after the Big Bang. The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be…
(A) Hand sample of type 1 stromatolite showing layered structures. (B) X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT) XZ image of a cross-section of a type 1 stromatolite, exposing denser internal laminations (red).…
Japanese scientists have put together a new model to explain some of the universe's biggest mysteries: missing black holes and the possible existence of dark matter.The results of this…
JWST recently captured three of the earliest galaxies in the universe being accreted by a giant dark cloud of hydrogen gas.The three dark patches of red light in a recent…
Artist's concept of a previously proposed possible planet, HD 26965 b—often compared to the fictional "Vulcan" in the Star Trek universe. Credit: JPL-Caltech A planet believed to be orbiting the…