Astronomers enjoy it when the universe throws a curveball, and this object does exactly that. Working in two teams, they have found the largest, most distant stash of water ever seen in the cosmos. APM 08279+5255 is a quasar – an active galaxy whose central supermassive black hole feeds on gas and releases huge amounts
In 1911, Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor discovered the Blood Falls—an odd, blood-red flow of saltwater seeping out from the tip of East Antarctica. Researchers later confirmed the color came from iron oxide, although they weren’t quite sure how, or how the iron even got there. But a new proposal may finally bring closure to this
It’s always a fun day for the space nerds when a NASA team has new images to share from the James Webb Space Telescope. Today’s pair has brains on the brain, with a look at the fittingly named Exposed Cranium Nebula. More officially, this cloud of space dust and debris is known as Nebula PMR
One of the more promising 3D printing technologies that hasn’t quite yet had its spotlight is volumetric 3D printing. Researchers from the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, have developed a new method that uses a high-speed periscope instead of rotating the printing volume — resulting in print times of less than one second. Normal volumetric
Hidden deep within the dense forests of Heilongjiang province, China, lies an ancient secret—an incomplete meteor impact crater that may rewrite Earth’s history. The Yilan crater, believed to be the youngest known impact site on our planet, was unearthed after centuries of being obscured by thick foliage. Thought to have formed between 46,000 and 53,000
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The 190-million-year-old newly discovered ichthyosaur fossil, nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” features a remarkably well-preserved skeleton. Its nearly complete remains have opened a window into a transformative period in prehistoric life when major species shifts were occurring in the world’s oceans. This rare specimen, Xiphodracon goldencapensis, marks the first new genus of Early Jurassic
Using the world’s largest radio telescope array, The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have dived deeper into the turbulent and complex tendrils of gas and dust at the heart of our galaxy than ever before. The image of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) represents the first time that the cold gas of this 650-light-year-wide region
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for more repairs. The slow-motion trek at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center was expected to take all day. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket had spent a month at the pad ready for potential
After a long run or endurance race, you’ll probably feel, at minimum, quite tired, a little sore in the legs, a bit hungry and chuffed with yourself for getting it done. It’s unlikely that you’ll feel any concern – or anything at all – for your red blood cells. But a new study, published in