Scientists have long suggested that if life exists beyond Earth, the processes behind it may be entirely different from everything we know. On Thursday, researchers announced that they were able to create a DNA-like molecular system that can store and transmit information. It’s not a life form, but the genetic system represents what an alternative…… MORE
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Tyrannosaurus rex wasn’t always the king of the dinosaurs. Before they became towering predators, tyrannosaurs started out much smaller, and a newly discovered fossil is helping fill the gap between those two extremes. The fossil findings are detailed in a study published Thursday in Communications Biology. The dinosaur fossil was found in Utah, where it…… MORE
Through images of mostly somber young women holding water bottles, onions and Ziploc bags of rice and black beans, photographer Nadia Todres shows the world Haiti’s silent sufferers. Through her lens, Todres wants to highlight Haitians’ daily struggles that go unnoticed in the media, which has tended to focus on images of the violent anti-government…… MORE
For the first time in decades, a new tiny moon has been found in orbit around the gas giant Neptune, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Hippocamp, now known as Neptune’s smallest moon, is named for the sea monster from Greek mythology, said to have a fish’s tail attached to a…… MORE
A volunteer citizen scientist working with a NASA project has found the coldest, oldest-known white dwarf, and it’s surrounded by rings of dust and debris, according to a study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Researchers believe it may be the first white dwarf known to have multiple rings. A white dwarf is what’s…… MORE
If daily weather forecasts for your part of the world weren’t enough, now you can get the weather report from Mars, thanks to NASA’s InSight stationary lander. Beginning Tuesday, InSight will provide a daily weather report everyone can see. The report shares temperature, wind and air pressure recorded by the lander. It’s winter on Mars…… MORE
The radio signals of almost 300,000 sources have finally reached Earth, and most of them are previously unknown galaxies from the distant universe. More than 200 astronomers in 18 countries created a radio sky survey using the Low Frequency Array telescope, known as LOFAR. The first phase of this major survey was published this week,…… MORE
New evidence from Sri Lanka’s oldest archaeological site suggests that early humans used sophisticated techniques to hunt monkeys and squirrels, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Remains from a young adult female, a child between 5 and 6 years old and at least two infants were found in Fa-Hien Lena…… MORE
February’s full moon will brighten the skies as the biggest supermoon of the year. The supermoon occurs during this full moon because it will be closest in its orbit to Earth. Technically, the supermoon will reach its peak on Tuesday morning at 10:54 a.m. ET, but it won’t be visible then. Instead, keep an eye…… MORE
