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Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13685-Intermediate-Mass-Black-Holes-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13685-Intermediate-Mass-Black-Holes-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/desi-black-holes-13685.html" rel="bookmark"> DESI Discovers 2,800 New Black Holes </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 19, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Astronomers using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on NSF’s Nicholas U. 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Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford, STScI." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-316x176.jpg 316w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A.jpg 580w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/sagittarius-a-flares-13682.html" rel="bookmark"> Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is More Active than Previously Thought </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 19, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The accretion disk orbiting Sagittarius A* is emitting a constant stream of flares with no periods of rest, according to an analysis of new data from the...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/sagittarius-a-flares-13682.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/3d-structure-wasp-121b-atmosphere-13680.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13680-WASP-121b-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This diagram shows the structure and motion of the atmosphere of WASP-121b. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13680-WASP-121b-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13680-WASP-121b-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/3d-structure-wasp-121b-atmosphere-13680.html" rel="bookmark"> Astronomers Map Out 3D Structure of WASP-121b’s Atmosphere </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 18, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Ultrahot Jupiters, an extreme class of planets not found in our Solar System, provide a unique window into atmospheric processes. Using four telescope...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/3d-structure-wasp-121b-atmosphere-13680.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hard-steps-model-intelligent-life-13678.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="Levin et al suggest that we could have more in common with our extraterrestrial neighbors than initially thought. Image credit: Fernando Ribas." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-316x176.jpg 316w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien.jpg 710w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hard-steps-model-intelligent-life-13678.html" rel="bookmark"> New Theory Increases Probability of Intelligent Life beyond Earth </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 18, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>In 1983, the theoretical physicist Brandon Carter concluded that the time it took for humans to evolve on Earth — relative to the total lifespan...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hard-steps-model-intelligent-life-13678.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vst-history-elliptical-galaxy-ngc-3640-13676.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13676-NGC-3640-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This VST image shows two elliptical galaxies: NGC 3640 and NGC 3641. Image credit: ESO / INAF / Mirabile et al. / Ragusa et al." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13676-NGC-3640-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13676-NGC-3640-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vst-history-elliptical-galaxy-ngc-3640-13676.html" rel="bookmark"> VST Traces History of Unusual Elliptical Galaxy </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 18, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/anderson" >Natali Anderson</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>A giant elliptical galaxy called NGC 3640 has engulfed several smaller galaxies in the past, according to an analysis of data from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vst-history-elliptical-galaxy-ngc-3640-13676.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/gemini-telescope-cosmic-flower-large-magellanic-cloud-13674.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13674-NGC-2040-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="The nebula encasing NGC 2040 resembles a vibrant rose in this image captured by the Gemini South telescope. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Miller & M. Rodriguez, International Gemini Observatory & NSF NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF NOIRLab." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13674-NGC-2040-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13674-NGC-2040-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/gemini-telescope-cosmic-flower-large-magellanic-cloud-13674.html" rel="bookmark"> Gemini Telescope Spots ‘Cosmic Flower’ in Large Magellanic Cloud </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 17, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/delazaro" >Enrico de Lazaro</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers from NSF’s NOIRLab have imaged a beautiful nebula around the young open cluster NGC 2040. The nebula encasing...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/gemini-telescope-cosmic-flower-large-magellanic-cloud-13674.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-sparkling-spiral-galaxy-ugc-5460-13672.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13672-UGC-5460-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This Hubble image shows UGC 5460, a spiral galaxy some 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / W. Jacobson-Galán / A. Filippenko / J. Mauerhan." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13672-UGC-5460-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13672-UGC-5460-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-sparkling-spiral-galaxy-ugc-5460-13672.html" rel="bookmark"> Hubble Captures Sparkling Spiral Galaxy Face-On: UGC 5460 </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 17, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/delazaro" >Enrico de Lazaro</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an outstanding image of the spiral galaxy UGC 5460. This Hubble image shows UGC 5460,...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-sparkling-spiral-galaxy-ugc-5460-13672.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/white-dwarf-planets-13668.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2013/02/image_900-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="An artist’s impression of a habitable planet orbiting a white dwarf. The ghostly blue ring is a planetary nebula - hydrogen gas the star ejected as it evolved from a red giant to a white dwarf (David A. Aguilar / CfA)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2013/02/image_900-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2013/02/image_900-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/white-dwarf-planets-13668.html" rel="bookmark"> New Research Reveals Surprising Potential for Earth-Like Life around White Dwarf Stars </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 13, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>White dwarfs may present amenable environments for life on planets formed within or migrated to their habitable zones, generating warmer surface environments...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/white-dwarf-planets-13668.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vista-image-rcw-38-13665.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13665-RCW-38-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This VISTA/VIRCAM image shows the super star cluster RCW 38. Image credit: ESO / VVVX Survey." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13665-RCW-38-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13665-RCW-38-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vista-image-rcw-38-13665.html" rel="bookmark"> VISTA Captures Most Detailed Image Ever of RCW 38 </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 13, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/delazaro" >Enrico de Lazaro</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Astronomers using ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) have created a stunning 80-million-pixel image of the star cluster...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/vista-image-rcw-38-13665.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/chandra-x-ray-image-tarantula-nebula-13663.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13663-Tarantula-Nebula-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This Chandra image shows the Tarantula Nebula. Image credit: NASA / CXC / Penn State University / Townsley et al." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13663-Tarantula-Nebula-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13663-Tarantula-Nebula-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/chandra-x-ray-image-tarantula-nebula-13663.html" rel="bookmark"> Chandra Captures Deepest X-ray Image Ever Made of Tarantula Nebula </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 12, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/delazaro" >Enrico de Lazaro</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The Tarantula Nebula is the most important star-forming complex in the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud,...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/chandra-x-ray-image-tarantula-nebula-13663.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/xmm-newton-two-supernova-remnants-outskirts-large-magellanic-cloud-13662.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13662-Large-Magellanic-Cloud-Supernova-Remnants.jpg-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="In the center of the image, the stars cluster to form a bright and dense green candy floss-colored haze, that is the Large Magellanic Cloud. Scattered across the middle of the image are about 50 small yellow crosses, some of them are so close to one another that they almost overlap. SNR J0624-6948 (orange, higher in the image) and SNR J0614-7251 (blue, lower in the image) are seen in the lower left quarter of the image. Image credit: Eckhard Slawik / ESA / XMM-Newton / Sasaki et al. / F. Zangrandi." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13662-Large-Magellanic-Cloud-Supernova-Remnants.jpg-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13662-Large-Magellanic-Cloud-Supernova-Remnants.jpg-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/xmm-newton-two-supernova-remnants-outskirts-large-magellanic-cloud-13662.html" rel="bookmark"> XMM-Newton Spots Two Supernova Remnants in Outskirts of Milky Way’s Satellite Galaxy </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 12, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/anderson" >Natali Anderson</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Named SNR J0614-7251 and SNR J0624-6948, the newly-discovered supernova remnants reside in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the largest satellite...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/xmm-newton-two-supernova-remnants-outskirts-large-magellanic-cloud-13662.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/exocometary-belts-13660.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13660-Exocometary-Belts-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This gallery contains 74 images of different star systems with exocometary belts taken with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) radio telescope facilities. Image credit: Luca Matrà." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13660-Exocometary-Belts-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13660-Exocometary-Belts-316x176.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/exocometary-belts-13660.html" rel="bookmark"> Astronomers Discover Exocometary Belts around 74 Stars </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 12, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Astronomers have imaged planetesimal belts in 74 planetary systems as part of the REsolved ALMA and SMA Observations of Nearby Stars (REASONS) survey. This...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/exocometary-belts-13660.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/fastest-moving-exoplanet-system-13656.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13656-MOA-2011-BLG-262-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="An artist’s impression of a super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / R. Hurt, Caltech-IPAC." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13656-MOA-2011-BLG-262-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13656-MOA-2011-BLG-262-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13656-MOA-2011-BLG-262-316x176.jpg 316w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13656-MOA-2011-BLG-262.jpg 580w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/fastest-moving-exoplanet-system-13656.html" rel="bookmark"> Astronomers May Have Discovered Fastest-Moving Exoplanet System Ever Seen </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 11, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/scinews" >News Staff</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The candidate planetary system, detected with the microlensing method, is thought to move at least 540 km per second (1.2 million mph). An artist’s impression...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/fastest-moving-exoplanet-system-13656.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/complete-einstein-ring-ngc-6505-13652.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13652f-NGC-6505-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="Close-up of the Einstein ring around NGC 6505. Image credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / J.-C. Cuillandre / G. Anselmi / T. Li." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13652f-NGC-6505-195x110.jpg 195w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13652f-NGC-6505-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13652f-NGC-6505-316x176.jpg 316w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13652f-NGC-6505.jpg 710w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content-holder"> <div class="bottom-content-heading-0"> <h2><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/complete-einstein-ring-ngc-6505-13652.html" rel="bookmark"> Astronomers Discover Complete Einstein Ring around NGC 6505 </a></h2> </div> <div class="cb"></div> <div class="recentpost-dateauthor"> Feb 10, 2025 by <a href="https://www.sci.news/author/anderson" >Natali Anderson</a></div> <div class="post-content"> <p>An Einstein ring (also known as an Einstein-Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring) is created as the light from distant objects, like galaxies, pass by an extremely...<a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/complete-einstein-ring-ngc-6505-13652.html'></a></p></div> </div> <div class="cb"></div> </div> <div class="bottom-archive"> <div class="bottom-recentpost-image-0"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-swirling-clouds-cosmic-gas-and-dust-tarantula-nebula-13650.html" rel="bookmark"> <img width="195" height="110" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13650-Tarantula-Nebula-195x110.jpg" class="attachment-contentsmall size-contentsmall wp-post-image" alt="This Hubble image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula. 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Image credit: Tim Ulama." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13692-Walnuts-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13692-Walnuts-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/medicine/walnut-rich-breakfast-cognitive-performance-13692.html' title='Study: Walnut-Rich Breakfast Enhances Cognitive Performance throughout the Day'>Study: Walnut-Rich Breakfast Enhances Cognitive Performance throughout the Day</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 24, 2025 | Medicine</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-veil-nebula-13691.html" title="Hubble Space Telescope Explores Colorful Veil Nebula"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13691-Veil-Nebula-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="This Hubble image shows part of the Veil Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. 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Image credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13690-Xingxiulong-yueorum-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13690-Xingxiulong-yueorum-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/paleontology/xingxiulong-yueorum-13690.html' title='Paleontologists Discover New Species of Sauropodomorph Dinosaur'>Paleontologists Discover New Species of Sauropodomorph Dinosaur</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 21, 2025 | Paleontology</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/litoria-eungellensis-13689.html" title="New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Australia"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13689-Litoria-revelata-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="The whirring tree frog (Litoria revelata). Image credit: Stephen Mahony." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13689-Litoria-revelata-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13689-Litoria-revelata-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/biology/litoria-eungellensis-13689.html' title='New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Australia'>New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Australia</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 21, 2025 | Biology</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/neanderthal-bottleneck-event-13688.html" title="New Study Suggests That There Was Late Bottleneck Event in Neanderthal Evolution"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2019/07/image_7374f-Neanderthal-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Denisovans were probably dark-skinned, unlike the pale Neanderthals. The picture shows a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2019/07/image_7374f-Neanderthal-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2019/07/image_7374f-Neanderthal-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/neanderthal-bottleneck-event-13688.html' title='New Study Suggests That There Was Late Bottleneck Event in Neanderthal Evolution'>New Study Suggests That There Was Late Bottleneck Event in Neanderthal Evolution</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 20, 2025 | Anatomy</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/supernova-virus-evolution-13687.html" title="Ionizing Radiation from Nearby Supernova Altered Virus Evolution 2.5 Million Years Ago"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2023/04/image_11849f-X-Ray-Supernova-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of an Earth-like exoplanet after X-ray radiation exposure. Image credit: NASA / CXC / M. 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Image credit: Legacy Surveys / D. Lang, Perimeter Institute / NAOJ / HSC Collaboration / D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab / M. 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Image credit: Jonathan Metzger / Museums Victoria." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13684-Cretaceous-Australia-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13684-Cretaceous-Australia-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megaraptorid-carcharodontosaur-fossils-australia-13684.html' title='Paleontologists Find World’s Oldest Known Megaraptorid, Australia’s First Carcharodontosaur Fossils'>Paleontologists Find World’s Oldest Known Megaraptorid, Australia’s First Carcharodontosaur Fossils</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 19, 2025 | Paleontology</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/physics/buckminsterfullerene-plasmonic-resonance-13683.html" title="Physicists Observe Synchronized Dance of Electrons on Buckminsterfullerene Molecule"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13683-Buckminsterfullerene-Electrons-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Biswas et al. observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a buckminsterfullerene molecule, then emitted excess energy in the form of several electrons. Image credit: RMT Bergues." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13683-Buckminsterfullerene-Electrons-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13683-Buckminsterfullerene-Electrons-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/physics/buckminsterfullerene-plasmonic-resonance-13683.html' title='Physicists Observe Synchronized Dance of Electrons on Buckminsterfullerene Molecule'>Physicists Observe Synchronized Dance of Electrons on Buckminsterfullerene Molecule</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 19, 2025 | Materials Science</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/astronomy/sagittarius-a-flares-13682.html" title="Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is More Active than Previously Thought"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford, STScI." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13682-Sagittarius-A-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/sagittarius-a-flares-13682.html' title='Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is More Active than Previously Thought'>Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is More Active than Previously Thought</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 19, 2025 | Astronomy</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/post-permian-extinction-tropical-ecosystems-13681.html" title="Post-Permian Extinction Tropical Ecosystems Recovered Much Faster than Expected"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2020/10/image_8965f-End-Permian-Mass-Extinction-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="An illustration depicting the onset of the end-Permian mass extinction. 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Image credit: ESO / M. 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Image credit: Barry S. 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Image credit: Fernando Ribas." loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.sci.news/images/2017/11/image_5383f-Alien-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px" /></a></div> <div class="block-image-r"> <h2><a href='https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hard-steps-model-intelligent-life-13678.html' title='New Theory Increases Probability of Intelligent Life beyond Earth'>New Theory Increases Probability of Intelligent Life beyond Earth</a></h2><span class="block-meta">Feb 18, 2025 | Astrobiology</span> </div> </div> <div class="block-item-small"> <div class="block-image"><a href="https://www.sci.news/biology/animals-architects-natural-world-13677.html" title="Study: Animals Are Not Just Inhabitants of Natural World, They Are Its Architects"><img width="50" height="50" src="https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/02/image_13677-Termite-Mounds-50x50.jpg" class="attachment-sidebar-thumb size-sidebar-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Termite mounds in the Bungle Bungle Range in Western Australia. 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