The 3D reconstruction of the skull trapped inside a rock, which belongs to the newfound species Mamorerpeton wakei. (Image credit: Marc Jones) (opens in new tab) A bizarre, newly discovered species of ancient salamander recently received a digital makeover. Researchers used X-ray images to create a 3D model of the animal’s oddly shaped skull, which […]
On July 12, NASA shared the debut images from the fully operational James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — the most powerful space observatory ever built. Among the close-ups of cosmic cliffs and stellar fireworks was an impossibly detailed image known as Webb’s first deep field. Brimming with shimmering stars, warped light trails and thousands upon […]
A sungazing spacecraft captured the moon passing in front of the face of the sun Wednesday (June 29). NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (opens in new tab) caught the solar eclipse (opens in new tab) in action from its unique vantage point in space, the only spot where this eclipse was visible. “At the peak of […]
An Anglo-Saxon burial site containing the remains of more than 140 people interred with some of their most favoured objects, including jewellery, knives and even a personal grooming kit, has been discovered by archaeologists working on the HS2 route. The site, near Wendover, Buckinghamshire, contained a “stunning set of discoveries”, said the historian Dan Snow. […]
The Dodo was a sitting duck. The bird was fat and flightless, clueless and incompetent. In practice, it was a walking evolutionary mistake that was prepared to die. When the Dutch colonized the small island of Dodon at the end of the 16th century, the eccentricity of land entered directly into the waiting arms of […]
Stunning ancient skull shakes up human family tree For months, herder Ali Bereino had been trying to get a job working for a team of fossil hunters in northeastern Ethiopia. The Afar man hung around, watching and learning. One day in February 2016, Bereino dug a burrow to keep his baby goats safe from hyenas. […]
