Becky Ferreira
Contributor
A Giant 2,000-Year-Old Cat Drawing Was Accidentally Found by Workers In Peru
The outline of a cat dates back to about 200 BCE, which means it predates the Nazca culture that created most of Peru’s ancient geoglyphic designs.
Scientists Have Created the First Room-Temperature Superconductor
A compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur was able to carry electrical charges with zero resistance at a temperature of 15°C, smashing previous temperature restraints.
A Profanity Filter Banned the Word 'Bone' at a Paleontology Conference
“Words like ‘bone,’ ‘pubic,’ and ‘stream’ are frankly ridiculous to ban in a field where we regularly find pubic bones in streams,” one participant said of the filter, which organizers had to thwart.
Scientists Trapped In Ice for Past Year Return With a Dire Warning
Markus Rex, an atmospheric scientist at Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, warned that the trip revealed a “dying" Arctic ocean.
The U.S. Is Trying to Be the 'Gatekeeper' of Space, Researchers Warn
A new article urges nations need to "speak up, now" with their objections to U.S. policy on space mining.
Scientists Are Finding a Ton of New and Mysterious Craters on Mars
Martian craters appear "concentrated in certain areas and we know that physically there is no reason for that,” said a JPL researcher. An AI tool may help figure out why.
Someone Bought a T. Rex Skeleton for a Record-Breaking $31.8 Million
An unnamed buyer paid a record-breaking sum for the fossil, which was up for auction due to a court resolution between two brothers.
Get Lost in the Most Detailed Images Ever of This Stunning Nebula
Astronomers have captured unprecedented images of Carina Nebula, a stellar nursery 7,500 light years from Earth.
Supermassive Black Holes Might Really Be 'Traversable' Wormholes, Astrophysicists Suggest
“The wormholes we are considering are traversable wormholes, so theoretically spacecraft can travel through them,” said the lead author of a new study.
Scientists Have Identified 24 Possible 'Superhabitable' Planets
"We are so focused on finding a mirror image of Earth that we may overlook a planet that is even more well suited for life,” said the lead author of a new study.
NASA Needs Your Help Hunting Exoplanets in the Search for Alien Life
At a time when many people are stuck at home, Planet Patrol provides a “community pursuing the common goal of understanding the universe and our place in it,” according to the project leader.
A Black Hole Is Eating a Web of Galaxies on the Edge of Spacetime
It has taken virtually the entire lifespan of the universe for the light from the 'Web of the Giant' to reach Earth.