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- Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years
- Astronomers confirm solar system’s most distant known object is indeed Farfarout
- Scientists create liquid crystals that look a lot like their solid counterparts
- Spectacular 'honeycomb heart' revealed in iconic stellar explosion
- A rare observation of a vampire bat adopting an unrelated pup
- Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of 'super-Earths'
- A new way to look for life-sustaining planets
- Dragonflies perform upside down backflips to right themselves
- Genetic evolution doesn't always take millions of years
| Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years Posted: 10 Feb 2021 02:01 PM PST Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team: it is believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type. |
| Astronomers confirm solar system’s most distant known object is indeed Farfarout Posted: 10 Feb 2021 12:33 PM PST Astronomers have confirmed that a faint object discovered in 2018 and nicknamed 'Farfarout' is indeed the most distant object yet found in our Solar System. The object has just received its designation from the International Astronomical Union. |
| Scientists create liquid crystals that look a lot like their solid counterparts Posted: 10 Feb 2021 10:33 AM PST New kinds of liquid crystals resemble gypsum or lazulite crystals -- except that they flow like fluids. |
| Spectacular 'honeycomb heart' revealed in iconic stellar explosion Posted: 10 Feb 2021 10:33 AM PST A unique 'heart-shape', with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant, the Crab Nebula. Astronomers have mapped the void in unprecedented detail, creating a realistic three-dimensional reconstruction. |
| A rare observation of a vampire bat adopting an unrelated pup Posted: 10 Feb 2021 10:33 AM PST The death of a vampire bat 19 days after giving birth presented scientists studying the animals in 2019 with an unexpected chance to observe a rare event: a female bat's adoption of an unrelated baby. |
| Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of 'super-Earths' Posted: 10 Feb 2021 10:33 AM PST Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our own are the most common exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our solar system. Until now, super-Earths were thought to be the rocky cores of mini-Neptunes whose gassy atmospheres were blown away. Astronomers show that some of these exoplanets never had gaseous atmospheres to begin with, shedding new light on their mysterious origins. |
| A new way to look for life-sustaining planets Posted: 10 Feb 2021 06:11 AM PST A new system for mid-infrared exoplanet imaging in combination with long observation time allows ground-based telescopes to directly capture images of planets about three times the size of Earth within the habitable zones of nearby stars. |
| Dragonflies perform upside down backflips to right themselves Posted: 09 Feb 2021 05:41 PM PST High speed cameras and CGI technology have revealed the inbuilt righting mechanisms used by dragonflies when they are thrown off balance. |
| Genetic evolution doesn't always take millions of years Posted: 09 Feb 2021 12:18 PM PST Love them or hate them, there's no doubt the European Starling is a wildly successful bird. A new study examines this non-native species from the inside out to learn what exactly happened at the genetic level as the starling population exploded across North America? |
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