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Research Shows Impact of 'Super-Earth' on Solar System
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Emily Simpson '24 has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science and astronomy and astrophysics but with published research, too. She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had it housed an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter instead of the existing asteroid belt. ... read more |
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Dinosaurs emerged in the northern hemisphere millions of years earlierLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison challenges long-standing beliefs about dinosaur origins, suggesting that these ancient reptiles roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years ... more 
Study uncovers ancient predator-prey rivalry in Cambrian seasLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2025 A groundbreaking study by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History has revealed the oldest known example of an evolutionary arms race in the fossil record. The findings, published in Cu ... more 
Virginia Tech research unveils a new timeline of life stretching back 1.5 billion yearsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 A groundbreaking Virginia Tech study has expanded our understanding of the evolution of life, extending the chart of species diversity to nearly 2 billion years ago, deep into the Proterozoic Eon. T ... more 
Massive eruptions did not trigger dinosaur extinctionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utre ... more |
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New lab set to explore microscopic insights into human history and environmentSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 Researchers in Australia will soon enhance their capability to study the past at a microscopic level with the upcoming Australian Microarchaeological and Palaeosciences Facility (AusMAP) at Flinders ... more 
How Life Began on Earth: Insights from Ancient Atmospheric ModelingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 01, 2024 The secrets to understanding distant planets may be found in Earth's past. Scientists from Tohoku University, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University, have developed a ... more 
Carbon dioxide release from deep magma may have driven Earth's ancient climate shiftsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2024 An international team of geoscientists, led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has revealed that ancient volcanic regions continued emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) from Earth's deep magma long after ... more 
Gold-colored fossil arthropod reveals evolutionary insights in pyrite preservationLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 A research team led by Associate Professor Luke Parry from the University of Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences has uncovered a strikingly preserved, 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod, now cl ... more 
Dinosaurs rose after cooling period triggered by ancient volcanic eruptionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024 201.6 million years ago, a mass extinction event erased around 75% of Earth's species. This event aligned with massive volcanic eruptions that split the supercontinent Pangaea, gradually shaping wha ... more |
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Dinosaur fossils discovered for first time in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 23, 2024 Scientists have discovered dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong for the first time, the city's government announcement on Wednesday, adding that the species remains unknown. Experts from Hong Kong and mainland China identified the fossils as belonging to a large, aged dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, around 145 million to 66 million years ago, the Development Bureau said in a statement. The first humans are believed to have appeared on Earth around six million years ago. Further analysis will b ... read more 
The global gap in the geologic record 34 million years agoBozeman MT (SPX) Oct 09, 2024 About 34 million years ago, Earth began to cool dramatically, transforming the climate from greenhouse to icehouse and causing sea levels to fall. As more land was exposed to weathering forces, copi ... more |
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Life on Earth was far more diverse 800M year agoLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 08, 2024 Around 800 million years ago, Earth was teeming with a greater diversity of life than classical theories suggest. A new study from Brazilian researchers has shed light on this period, revealing that ... more 
Ground movement pivotal in allowing Pterosaurs to become giantsLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 New research from the Centre for Palaeobiology and Biosphere Evolution at the University of Leicester has shed light on the evolutionary adaptations that allowed ancient pterosaurs to reach enormous ... more 
Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agricultureBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by millions of years. ... more 
Iron formations in Western Australia's Pinnacles shed light on past climatesSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2024 New research on small iron-rich formations within the Pinnacles in Western Australia, part of the world's largest wind-blown limestone region, has uncovered valuable insights into Earth's ancient cl ... more 
Nanostructures found in deep ocean vents could shed light on life's originsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2024 Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) and the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have uncovered inorganic nanostructures aro ... more |
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