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Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
12-14-2020 |
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Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Did a 9th planet 'escape' billions of years ago ?
11-29-2020 | 5
Scientists have found evidence to suggest that another world once existed between Uranus and Saturn.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
11-11-2020 | 4
A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Skull of human ancestor found in South Africa
11-10-2020 | 3
Dating back 2 million years, the skull belonged to an early human cousin called Paranthropus robustus.
New study targets $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
10-29-2020 | 14
An asteroid with enough riches to make everyone on Earth a billionaire is the subject of a new Hubble study.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx touches down on asteroid
10-21-2020 | 11
The space probe has successfully pulled off an ambitious landing maneuver on an asteroid 200 million miles away.
Six galaxies snared by supermassive black hole
10-4-2020 | 5
Astronomers have discovered six ancient galaxies around a black hole 1 billion times the mass of the Sun.
'Spooky' moving curtain goes viral on TikTok
9-28-2020 | 44
A clip that some have attributed to a ghostly visitor has received over 8 million views on the video sharing site.
Prehistoric sperm found trapped inside amber
9-16-2020 | 6
Scientists have identified 100 million-year-old sperm cells perfectly preserved within fossilized tree resin.
NASA reveals discovery of 'TIE fighter' galaxy
VIDEO 8-27-2020 | 1
This remarkable new image really does show a galaxy far, far away - 500 million light years away to be exact.
Release of 750M GM mosquitoes gets approval
VIDEO 8-21-2020 | 19
The experimental release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes has been given the go-ahead.
Ancient galaxy looks surprisingly familiar
VIDEO 8-13-2020 | 2
A 12 billion-year-old galaxy in the distant universe looks uncannily like a miniature version of the Milky Way.
Dinosaur-era microbes brought back to life
VIDEO 7-31-2020 | 10
Scientists have successfully revived microbes found in sediment samples that are over 100 million years old.
World's largest fusion project begins assembly
7-29-2020 | 30
The ambitious $23.5 billion endeavour aims to harness nuclear fusion as a source of limitless clean energy.
Fossil of gigantic predatory fish unearthed
7-7-2020 | 3
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a 70 million-year-old carnivorous fish in Patagonia.
Video shows the Sun over a period of ten years
VIDEO 7-1-2020 | 6
The hour-long NASA video was pieced together from an incredible 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun.
World's oldest bug discovered in Scotland
5-30-2020 | 1
Scientists from Texas have identified the tiny fossil of a millipede that lived more than 425 million years ago.
'One-in-a-million' Super-Earth discovered
5-14-2020 | 3
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
10m-long 'megaraptor' unearthed in Patagonia
5-13-2020 | 8
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a huge raptor dating back 70 million years.
Meet one of mankind's earliest ancestors
3-26-2020 | 4
Scientists have identified a worm-like creature that thrived on our planet some 555 million years ago.
