The intervening galaxy refracts and amplifies light from the background quasar RX J1131, creating four separate images (shown in pink). Tiny flickers in these images allowed astronomers to directly measure the size of the black hole's superheated “corona” for the…
A new species of crinoid fish has been discovered at a depth of 10,700 feet. (Image credit: © 2019 MBARI) A lumpy pink fish with blue eyes and beard-like appendages was captured on video hovering above the muddy bottom of…
An international team of researchers from China and the UK has uncovered a mechanism by which influenza is particularly dangerous for the elderly. The work is published in the journal PNAS. Scientists have found that with age, the level of…
However, it is impossible to say that there are no blank spots left on Earth today. It is enough to pay attention to the relatively small
This photo suggests that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may have started to glow green. However, scientists have not yet confirmed the color change. (Photo: Michael Jaeger/Gerald Rehmann) Stunning new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS taken during last week's total lunar eclipse suggest…
Fossils show that two baby pterodactyls died during a violent storm. (Image credit: Artwork by Rudolf Hima) A stunning fossil find has revealed that they were two baby pterosaurs that were knocked out of flight during a 'catastrophic' tropical storm…