[ad_1] Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered the fossilized remains of a 98-million-year-old titanosaur that they believe may have come from the largest animal to ever walk on earth. A team of researchers from Naturales y Museo, Universidad de Zaragoza and Universidad Nacional del Comahue actually found the remains in 2012, but excavation work only started … Read more
[ad_1] This site can earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. NASA’s Perseverance Explorer will land on the Red Planet on February 18, but the rover won’t be the only newly arrived robotic explorer. The wheeled robot carries the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity on its stomach, and NASA has released a … Read more
[ad_1] A veteran rocket from aerospace company SpaceX by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the most spacecraft deployed on a single mission, according to the company. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral … Read more
[ad_1] NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media ahead of the Miami Heat’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game One of the 2020 NBA Finals at the 2020 NBA Restart on September 30, 2020 at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Garrett Ellwood | National Basketball Association … Read more
[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered another strange planet that could expand our understanding of the cosmos. Gizmodo reports that a team from Harvard and Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics spotted a gas giant 575 light-years away, WASP-62b, which is not just in an extremely close 4.5-day orbit (making it a “Hot Jupiter”), but has no clouds. This … Read more
[ad_1] A giant Mayan mask the size of a person has been revealed at an archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The mask, which represents the face of an unknown deity or an elite, was carved from stucco building material and dates back to a period in Maya history known as the Late … Read more
[ad_1] Reconstruction of the life of the Parasaurolophus group facing a tyrannosaurid in the subtropical forests of New Mexico 75 million years ago. Credit: Copyright Andrey Atuchin, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The first new skull discovered in nearly a century from a rare species of the iconic tubular-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus was announced in … Read more
[ad_1] If you have had enough of Earth, you may not need to wait much longer for a trip off the planet. A recent study published by Finnish astrophysicist Pekka Janhunen says it would be possible to set up a floating mega-city on Ceres, a dwarf planet that floats in the asteroid belt between Mars … Read more
[ad_1] Ice melt across the planet is accelerating at a record rate, with the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps accelerating the fastest, research shows. The rate of loss is now in line with the worst-case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate authority, according to an article … Read more
[ad_1] Scientists have found a “ perfectly preserved ” skull of a species of herbivorous dinosaur in New Mexico, known for its bizarre headgear. The skull belongs to the iconic tubular crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 76.5 million to 73 million years ago. Parasaurolophus were herbivorous reptiles that sported … Read more