Science

Science • May 27

A direct black-hole mass measurement in a little red dot at high redshift

Recent discoveries of faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) at the redshift frontier have revealed a plethora of broad Hα emitters with optically red continua,...

1 0 0

Science • May 27

Scientists say they've finally solved the sea level rise mystery as oceans climb nearly twice as fast

Scientists say they have finally explained a long-running sea-level rise mystery, tracing nearly all of the ocean's rise over the last six decades to a...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

"Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole

The black hole accounts for over two-thirds the mass of the object it inhabits.

4 0 0

Science • May 27

These Ancient Crocodiles Walked On Two Legs And Had Beaks!

Modern crocodiles are powerful, heavy reptiles. They spend much of their lives along riverbanks, waiting to ambush prey. But their ancient relatives looked...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

Scientists identify hundreds of ancient genes associated with human diseases

Ancient protein networks helped scientists uncover new rare disease genes rooted in the earliest complex cells.

1 0 0

Science • May 27

'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is set to lose its ice shelf this year

West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

Moon base missions face an unseen threat, and these simulations show where it could strike first

Researchers have developed a novel virtual model for simulating how astronauts in future moon base operations might interact with each other and with their...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

Paleontologists Just Found the Peacock of the Dinosaur Era

Dubbed the “Banko's feather dragon,” the extinct bird's tail feathers were twice the length of its entire body.

4 0 0

Science • May 27

Astronomers weighed a 'little red dot' discovered by the James Webb telescope — and found a 'naked' black hole inside

Astronomers have weighed a black hole in a "little red dot" seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang, revealing it to be so overmassive relative to...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs happened to strike a shallow seabed rich in sulphur and buried hydrocarbons, throwing soot and aerosols into the sky — and researchers argue the same rock hitting most other places might not have ended their reign.

The asteroid that struck near Chicxulub, in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, about 66 million years ago did not hit a random patch of the planet.

4 0 0

Science • May 27

A rare blue ‘micromoon’ is coming this weekend. Here’s what that means

The second full moon of May is coming this weekend, but it may be a little less glorious than the first. The May 31 full moon is not only a “blue moon” (as...

4 0 0

Science • May 27

Mars to Titan: the next rallying call?

Where will humans go after Mars? Is Mars the end of the line or is it a steppingstone to somewhere else? If we “moon-to-Mars,” do we then “Mars-to-somewhere...

1 0 0

Science • May 27

Mini world near Pluto is far more active than it should be – and experts are baffled

A tiny frozen world in the outer Solar System has been found to have an atmosphere, making it only the second object beyond Neptune, after Pluto,...

1 0 0

Science • May 27

Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere may owe its existence to cold subduction

Earth was mostly devoid of oxygen for much of its 4.5 billion year lifetime. That is, until certain processes started to allow for the eventual buildup of...

1 0 0

Science • May 27

NASA administrator hails 'Golden Age' of lunar exploration as Moon Base plans unveiled

NASA has revealed the next steps in its plans to build humanity's first lunar outpost, with three uncrewed missions to the moon targeted for later this year...

3 0 0

Science • May 27

It’s a once in a Blue Moon moment on May 31

A rare Blue Moon will appear on May 31, giving skywatchers a chance to see the second full moon of the month.

3 0 0

Science • May 27

The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003 — but about 8% of human DNA was still missing, including some of the regions most critical to chromosome stability and immunity, and it took another nineteen years to finally read it all

On 14 April 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project through the National Human...

1 0 0

Science • May 27

In 1992, the number of confirmed planets outside our solar system was zero — and as of this year, NASA's exoplanet archive lists more than 6,000 of them, with the lead scientist on the archive predicting the number could hit 100,000 within the next seven year

The official tally of confirmed planets outside our solar system, maintained by NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, has passed 6,000.

2 0 0

Science • May 27

Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy

Using the unprecedented imaging and spectroscopic power of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped the motion and composition...

3 0 0

Science • May 27

Reconstructed 1.5‑billion‑year‑old protein network reveals hundreds of hidden disease‑linked genes

A University of Texas at Austin-led team has reconstructed the most detailed map to date of the molecular machines that carried out the functions of life in...

2 0 0