An international team of archaeologists from Sweden, Greece and the United Kingdom is exploring the ruins of a previously unknown ancient city at the village of Vlochos, municipality of Palamas, central Greece. The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains. Image credit: Swedish Institute …
Read More »Physicists Suggest Light Could Exist in Previously Unknown Form
According to a team of physicists at Imperial College London (ICL), UK, it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both. Artistic image of light trapped on the surface of a topological insulator. Image credit: Vincenzo Giannini. …
Read More »Saturn’s Moons May Be Younger than Previously Thought
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal that Saturn’s moons may be younger than previously thought. A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / …
Read More »Habitable alien planets may be less common than previously believed
If there’s one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it’s the “Goldilocks zone.” Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more popular topics in science, it’s also broadly evocative and easy to understand. To host life, a planet can’t …
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