Here’s how a 635-million-year-old microfossil could help thaw ‘Snowball Earth’

[ad_1] An international team of scientists from southern China accidentally discovered the oldest terrestrial fossil ever found, about three times older than the oldest known dinosaur. Investigations are still ongoing and sightings will need to be verified independently, but the international team say the long, wiry fingers of this ancient organism look a lot like … Read more

Amazon’s Ring is said to be a partner of more than 2,000 American police and firefighters

[ad_1] All but two US states – Montana and Wyoming – now have police or fire departments that participate in Amazon’s Ring Network, which allows law enforcement to ask users for images from their cameras. Ring Security to assist them with their investigations. Financial Times reported, Ring figures show that more than 1,189 departments joined … Read more

Satellites orbiting the Earth are multiplying like crazy – how do you stop them from crashing?

[ad_1] In recent years, satellites have become smaller, cheaper, and easier to manufacture with standard commercial parts. Some even weigh as little as a gram. This means more people can afford to send them into orbit. Now, satellite operators have started to launch mega-constellations – groups of hundreds, if not thousands of small satellites working … Read more

Two teens ‘hit the jackpot’ as they discover four planets orbiting a star near the sun

[ad_1] An artist’s rendering of five planets orbiting TOI-1233, four of which were discovered using the … [+] Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS), a NASA mission led by MIT. NASA / JPL-Caltech Two high school students aged just 16 and 18 discovered four new exoplanets around the brightest known Sun-like star and co-authored an article … Read more

635-million-year-old fossil is the oldest known terrestrial mushroom

[ad_1] The oldest evidence of earth mushroom may be a small 635 million year old microfossil found in a cave in southern China. Too small to be seen with the naked eye, this remarkable discovery delays the appearance of the terrestrial fungus from about 240 million years ago to a period known as “snowball earth“When … Read more