140 Trillion Oceans Of Water Found In Space Around 12 Billion Light-Years Away
This vast reservoir resides near a supermassive black hole, approximately 20 billion times more massive than our sun.
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Timeline of life’s evolution extended by nearly 1.5 billion years
Virginia Tech’s study traces early eukaryotic evolution, highlighting life’s diversification since 2 billion years ago.
Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year
As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one of the best ways to understand our planet’s ...
Ancient Pill Secret From 2,500 Years Ago May Improve Gut Health
Researchers have investigated a medicinal clay that was "highly prized" as a therapeutic for various ailments in antiquity.
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Ancient Moon Melt Event May Explain 150-Million-Year Gap in Age Estimates
A new study published on December 18 in Nature offers a way to explain that 150-million-year gap. Computer modeling and ...
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Earth's moon is much older than we thought, according to new evidence
New research suggests volcanic activity reshaped the Moon's geology, resetting its apparent age to 4.35 billion years.
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Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5 billion years
Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...
Extended chart of life shows ancient species may have evolved slower and lasted longer
If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...
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9 of the Most Remarkable Scientific Discoveries of 2024
As the year winds down, we wanted to take a look back at some of the top scientific discoveries that happened in 2024. From ...