Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic deposits of Pant-y-ffynnon in southern Wales. Life reconstruction of Pendraig milnerae among the fissures of Pant-y-ffynnon and three individuals of the rhynchocephalian lepidosaur Clevosaurus cambrica during the Late Triassic epoch. Image credit: James Robbins. …
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Archaeologists have found evidence that in 1650 BCE (Middle Bronze Age), a cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, an ancient walled city in the Jordan Valley close to the north end of the Dead Sea. An eyewitness description of this catastrophic event — which was larger than the 1908 explosion over Tunguska …
Read More »Tyrannosaur Hatchlings
An international team of paleontologists has examined the fossilized remains of baby tyrannosaurid dinosaurs found in Alberta, Canada, and Montana, the United States. An artist’s impression of a juvenile tyrannosaur. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi. Tyrannosaurids were the apex predators of the supercontinent Laurasia in the Late Cretaceous epoch, and were …
Read More »Almahata Sitta
The parent body of the Almahata Sitta meteorites — space rocks that rained down on the Nubian Desert in Sudan in 2008 — is a 640 to 1,800 km-wide water-rich asteroid that is as yet unknown, according to new research. Hamilton et al. studied the composition of Almahata Sitta 202 …
Read More »Planet Wandering the Galaxy
Astronomers have identified more than 4,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars but just a few “rogue planets” wandering the galaxy without a star to call home. A new study claims to have spotted one of these worlds, and it may be a small, rocky world like Earth. If confirmed, the …
Read More »Mouse-sized art appears on Swedish street
Image copyright Anonymouse Image caption Anonymouse’s work has tiny details only visible close-up, including a sign saying which credit cards the restaurant accepts A miniature street scene has been created at pavement level in a Swedish city, apparently to cater to the local mouse population. The scene is built into …
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