Dinosaur Footprint Sets Record: ‘Couldn’t Believe What I Was Looking At’
The giant dinosaur footprint found in Yorkshire measures nearly a meter in length. Marie Woods A single footprint can tell a story. A long time ago in the Jurassic era,…
Astronomers Discover Peculiar ‘Tadpole’ Cloud With a Mystery Behind It
The Tadpole cloud may get its shape from a black hole, shown here in an artist’s illustration. Keio University Around 27,000 light-years away in the Sagittarius constellation, there’s a cloud…
Hubble Telescope spots pair of galaxies near Big Dipper
A recent Hubble Space Telescope image highlights galaxies near the Big Dipper. The scene features the galaxy LEDA 48062, located in the constellation Canes Venatici and shown on the right…
This Massive Dinosaur Footprint Set a Record in One English County
The giant dinosaur footprint found in Yorkshire measures nearly a meter in length. Marie Woods A single footprint can tell a story. A long time ago in the Jurassic era,…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details of Pandora’s Cluster
A cropped view of Webb’s image of Pandora’s Cluster shows a complex landscape of galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A.…
Astronomers Say This Neutron Star Explosion Was Perfect. Too Perfect
An illustration of what the oddly spherical explosion might’ve looked like. Albert Sneppen No matter what, you do not want to find yourself near a neutron star. These stellar beasts,…
Watch the First POV Video of Fastest Fish in the World Hunting Prey
A sailfish sports a sensor and camera package on its side. NSU Guy Harvey Research Institute Sailfish don’t survive in captivity. These large, fast and mostly solitary fish live in…
Watch an Asteroid Turn Into a Fireball Just Hours After Being Spotted
The fireball as seen at its brightest above France. Twitter @MegaLuigi video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET It may be one of the most widely observed space rocks no one knew…
Scientists ‘Star Struck’ by Webb Telescope View of Galaxy Megacluster
A cropped view of Webb’s image of Pandora’s Cluster shows a complex landscape of galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A.…
Da Vinci’s Forgotten Experiments Nearly Decoded Gravity Centuries Ago
The team’s computer models that were run using Leonardo da Vinci’s ancient notes about his thoughts on gravity. Caltech In 1907, Albert Einstein presented the world with a startling truth…