Science Block

31/03/2020

LIFE has reportedly been discovered on Mars.

LIFE has reportedly been discovered on Mars, a controversial alien biology publication has bizarrely announced.

29/03/2020

Earthly slime mold models have helped astronomers map the cosmic web that connects galaxies throughout the universe.

Using computer models inspired by the growth patterns of slime mold, researchers from the University of California Santa Cruz traced the web-like network of interconnected filaments that extend light-years between galaxies in the universe.

25/03/2020

Astronomers have finally found something they have spent decades searching for.

Astronomers thought there should be some stars that pulse on only one side — and now, they've finally found one.

22/03/2020

If you missed the Super Worm Moon, these incredible photos capture the first supermoon of the year lighting up the sky around the world.

The first supermoon of the year was lit.

19/03/2020

Back then, the day was only 23 hours and 31 minutes long.

Is your day too busy? Too much stuff crammed into too few hours? Then it's a good thing you didn't live 70 million years ago. Back then, the day was only 23 hours and 31 minutes long. You'd have been even busier. I guess it's also a good thing you're not a bivalve from back then, either. I mean, jus...

16/03/2020

Experts have discovered a ‘dinosaur stomping ground’ on the Isle of Skye off the northwest coast of Scotland.

Around 50 dinosaur footprints dating to the Middle Jurassic Period were found on ancient coastal mudflats.

13/03/2020

It's located 1,500 light-years from Earth, weighs about 1.7 times the mass of the sun, has the shape of a teardrop and pulsates on just one side.

"I've been looking for a star like this for nearly 40 years and now we have finally found one," one astronomer said.

13/03/2020

The researchers unlocked the solution to the quantum puzzle dating back to 1961.

A mishap during an experiment led engineers from the University of New South Wales to unblock a quantum mystery dating back to the 1960s.

13/03/2020

Researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects.

Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system, including more than 100 new discoveries. Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, the study also describes...

13/03/2020

When dinosaurs walked the Earth, days on our planet were a little bit shorter than the full 24 hours we know today.

13/03/2020

At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain. That’s the otherworldly forecast from Swiss and other European astronomers who have detected clouds …

13/03/2020

The amber contains the skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae.

The evolutionary transition of dinosaurs to modern birds is one of the most astounding transformations in the history of life: large, bipedal and mostly carnivorous dinosaurs morphed into small, flying birds. Famous discoveries like Archaeopteryx and more recently the fossils from the Jehol Biota in...