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Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil

Scientists have identified Brazil's first known field of tektites, the glassy material created when an asteroid or other extraterrestrial object…

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Spacecraft captures the “magnetic avalanche” that triggers giant solar explosions

Much like a snow avalanche that starts with a small shift before cascading downhill, new observations show that solar flares…

1 month ago

The Ring Nebula is hiding a giant structure made of iron

Astronomers in Europe have identified an unexpected feature hidden inside the famous Ring Nebula. The discovery was made by a…

1 month ago

Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe

By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals. This approach lays…

3 months ago

Bizarre ankylosaur with giant neck spikes redefines dinosaur evolution

The world's most unusual dinosaur is even stranger than first realized... Research published in Nature on August 27 reports that…

6 months ago

James Webb Telescope Detects Potential Gas Giant Exoplanet Just 4 Light-Years Away

New observational evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has yet to launch, may change that. JWST astronomers…

7 months ago

Crushing vs. Slashing: New skull scans reveal how giant dinosaurs killed

A new analysis of the bite strength of 18 species of carnivorous dinosaurs shows that while the Tyrannasaurus rex skull…

7 months ago

Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga

As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered what it took to…

9 months ago

Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist

Star TOI-6894 is just like many in our galaxy, a small red dwarf, and only ~20% of the mass of…

9 months ago

From boring to bursting: Giant black hole awakens

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our Sun) lurk at the centre of…

11 months ago