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‘Oumuamua might be a shard of a broken planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 13, 2020
Simulations led to this new origin story for the first known visitor to our solar system

By David Aragorn
A Spacecraft On Its Way To Mercury Just Captured Some Amazing Images Of Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2020
In the early hours of this morning, the BepiColombo spacecraft swung past Earth on its way to the inner Solar System – and in the process captured some rather glorious views of our planet.

By David Aragorn
Fine threads of million-degree plasma revealed in sharpest-ever images of sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2020
The sharpest-ever photos of the sun, captured by NASA’s High-Resolution Coronal Imager, Hi-C, have revealed the fine magnetic threads of super heated plasma that make up the sun’s outer layer.

By David Aragorn
Scientists digitally reconstruct skulls of dinosaurs in fossilised eggs 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 11, 2020
Research on Massospondylus carinatus embryos sheds new light on animals’ development

By David Aragorn
A study compares the parietal lobes in Neanderthals and modern humans 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 10, 2020
The Paleoneurobiology Group of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), led by Emiliano Bruner, has just published a morphological analysis of the brains of Neanderthals and modern humans in the Journal of Human Evolution, whose results suggest that the more rounded shape of modern human brains is due in part to larger and bulgier parietal lobes, on average.

By David Aragorn
Collisions reveal new evidence of ‘anyon’ quasiparticles’ existence 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 10, 2020
Some types of anyons may eventually be useful for building better quantum computers

By David Aragorn
A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2020
BepiColombo needs our planet’s help

By David Aragorn
The Easter Bunny Is An Essential Worker, New Zealand’s Ardern Says 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 10, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared the Easter Bunny to be an essential worker in her country, stating that the rabbit can go about its mysterious business this Sunday as usual, despite a nationwide lockdown.

By David Aragorn
Scientists capture image of black hole emitting high-energy jets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2020
Detailed image taken by Event Horizon Telescope of black hole 5bn light years away

By David Aragorn
Behold! See the Hubble telescope’s iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ view in infrared 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2020
Scientists have revisited one of the most iconic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing incredible details in infrared light.

By David Aragorn