Steve AlsopNatural History Museum Dinosaurs had feathers ruffled by parasites, study finds The Guardian - Nicola DavisDinosaurs may have been fearsome and intimidating creatures that dominated the prehistoric earth – but it did not stop them having their feathers ruffled by parasites, researchers have found. Scientists
Steve AlsopUniverse What happened during the first seconds of the Universe? skyatnightmagazine.com - Iain Todd We spoke to astrophysicist and Fermilab scientist Professor Dan Hooper, to find out what we currently know about the first moments after the birth of …
Steve AlsopBlack Holes A galaxy with *three* supermassive black hole hearts SYFY WIRE - Phil Plait We've known for some time now that at the heart of every big galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. These monsters earn their moniker: They range …
Steve AlsopLifestyle (UK) Mysterious stripes on alien world that are ‘like nothing else in our solar system’ finally explained by scientists independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin Scientists have finally explained the "tiger stripes" that cover the surface of the mysterious moon Enceladus. Saturn's icy moon is one of the most …
Steve AlsopSpace What Makes This Low-Mass White Dwarf So 'Impossible' to Behold? space.com - Nola Taylor Redd Scientists have spotted an incredibly weird, 'impossible' white dwarf star in a discovery that suggests these objects are even more common than …
Steve AlsopScience Planet four times the size of its star discovered sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby The planet is the first known to have survived its star's transition to a white dwarf. Evidence of a giant planet orbiting a dead white dwarf star has …
Steve AlsopUK News Roman shipwreck from time of Jesus Christ found with 'exciting' cargo on board mirror.co.uk - Sam Elliott A Roman shipwreck dating back to the time of Jesus Christ has been found in a huge archaeological breakthrough. It was discovered off the coast of a …
Steve AlsopArchaeology Stunning Warrior Grave — Complete with Chariot, Horses — Uncovered in England Live Science - Owen Jarus Inside a 2,200-year-old grave, archaeologists have discovered a stunning Iron Age shield, along with a chariot and two ponies buried in a leaping …
Steve AlsopAncient History Ancient Persian Mythology ancient.eu - Joshua J. Mark The mythology of ancient Persia originally developed in the region known as Greater Iran (the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia). The …
Steve AlsopUniverse This Is How Astronomers Know The Age Of The Universe (And You Can, Too) Forbes - Starts With A BangConceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence to determine the age of the Universe. Once you figure out that the Universe is expanding, all you need to do is measure the expansion rate
Steve AlsopDark Matter Mysterious 'Particle X17' Could Carry a Newfound Fifth Force of Nature, But Most Experts Are Skeptical Live Science - Mara Johnson-Groh Our universe is governed by four fundamental forces. At least that's what physicists have long thought. Now, however, new research suggests that …
Steve AlsopSpace Astronomers See Stars Slinging Comets at Earth for the First Time space.com - Mara Johnson-Groh Stars and comets make unlikely dance partners. Their gravitational partnership is one that astronomers have long suspected but have never seen — …
Steve AlsopUFOs Huge 'UFO' seen by 100s of witnesses over California as bizarre video emerges dailystar.co.uk - Simon GreenVideo News Editor The internet has been flooded with reports of a huge UFO silently hovering in the night sky over a Californian town. Footage first surfaced on YouTube …
Steve AlsopGravitational Waves The Universe Remembers Gravitational Waves — And We Can Find Them Live Science - Paul Sutter Gravitational waves slosh throughout the universe as ripples in space-time produced by some of the most cataclysmic events possible. With facilities …
Steve AlsopHubble Space Telescope Hubble snaps ridiculously gorgeous shot of distant galaxy bgr.com - Mike Wehner When astronomers peer deep into space, what they see is what they get. Humans have developed some seriously impressive imaging tools for observing …
Steve AlsopBig Ideas: An Alien "Mineral" And A 1,000-Year Space Mission Scientists create a mineral found on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, in a lab. Plus, the world's first male birth control injection is in the works. And, here are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade.
Steve AlsopDark Matter Have Scientists Cracked One Of The Biggest Mysteries Of Modern Physics? Forbes - Don LincolnThe answer to that question is an interesting one, which depends on how one understands the statistical analysis of complex experiments. The experimental result could be the early signs of something big,
Steve AlsopMeteorites Scientists Fed an Ancient Earth Organism Space Metals. It Started 'Dancing' VICE - Maddie BenderScientists have discovered that a single-celled organism, a descendant of some of the earliest living creatures on Earth, is able to colonize a meteorite, growing and synthesizing nutrients. Their experiment,
Steve AlsopArchaeologyCeltic warrior from 2,000 years ago buried in chariot with weapons and ponies hailed as most important find of its kind UK independent.co.uk - Zoe Tidman A Celtic warrior’s grave containing weapons and upright pony skeletons has been called a unique and significant discovery for the UK by experts. A …
Steve AlsopAstronomy Mysterious Dark Patches in Venus’ Clouds are Affecting the Weather There discovermagazine.com - Erica Naone The planet’s hot, harsh atmosphere is thick with carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid. Atmospheric gases circulate amid cloud layers according to …
Steve AlsopUK News US meteorite adds to origins mystery bbc.co.uk - Nola Taylor Redd In January 2018, a falling meteorite created a bright fireball that arced over the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, followed by loud sonic booms.
Steve AlsopDark Matter 19 Galaxies Are Apparently Missing Dark Matter. No One Knows Why. space.com - Rafi Letzter Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren't sure why. The find dramatically increases the …
Steve AlsopSolar System Scientists claim we can see into future after making major solar discovery dailystar.co.uk - Anna Savva A newly discovered planet – found clinging in space to a burned out white dwarf– is allowing scientists to see into "the very distant future" of our …
Steve AlsopScience Major Quantum Achievement Lets Physicists 'See' Gravitational Waves From Deeper in the Universe Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Physicists are reporting the results of a test to squeeze the vacuum of spacetime itself in order to better detect gravitational waves from colliding …
Steve AlsopParker Solar Probe The Mystery at the Center of the Solar System The Atlantic - Marina KorenA spacecraft has finally gotten close enough to the sun to gather clues about some lingering questions. For a little NASA spacecraft, the weather outside is frightful. The Parker Solar Probe is on a mission
Steve AlsopScience These are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade National Geographic - DNA Hacking Tool Enables Shortcut to EvolutionThe 2010s yielded many incredible finds and important milestones. Here are our favorites. As the 2010s come to an end, we can look back on an era rife with discovery. In the past 10 years, scientists the
Steve AlsopSpace There's Something Weird About the Craters of Asteroid Ryugu space.com - Meghan Bartels The Japanese mission Hayabusa2 just bid farewell to the asteroid the probe spent a year and a half studying, and scientists have now announced some …
Steve AlsopParker Solar Probe NASA’s Solar Probe Found Things Near the Sun That We Can’t Explain VICE - Becky FerreiraThe fastest object ever created by humans has discovered intensely energetic rogue waves within our Sun, and detected solar wind speeds beyond what any model had predicted. Neither discovery was expected,
Steve AlsopScience Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting around a tiny, dying star Inverse - Passant Rabie The odd pair offer a bleak glimpse into the future of our solar system. The Sun is the main source of life on Earth — but that will only last for as …
