The ichthyosaur and her unborn babies lived about 246 million years ago. Source: https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-sea-monster-triassic.html
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What is the Big Bang?
In the view of modern cosmologists, the Big Bang is the event that marked the birth of our universe. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/definition-what-is-the-big-bang…
Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
The formation of our solar system was a messy affair. Most of the material that existed before its formation—material formed around other, long-dead stars—was vaporized, then recondensed into new materials. But some grains of that material, formed before the sun’s birth, still persist. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-ancient-micrometeoroids-specks-stardust-asteroid.html…
Nintendo Now Says 300,000 Accounts Breached by Hackers
Nintendo has almost doubled the number of user accounts compromised by hackers in the past few months. From a report: The Japanese gaming giant originally said that 160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised, exposing personal information like the account owner’s name, email address, date-of-birth and their country of residence. In an updated statement, the company said another 140,000 Nintendo accounts had been…
A new catalog of infrared dark clouds
Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen in the sky against the bright diffuse infrared glow of warm dust in our galaxy. These IRDCs, massive and rich in molecules, are natural sites for star birth—one of the main reasons why astronomers are actively studying them. IRDCs were first detected by two early space infrared missions,…
Did galactic crash trigger solar system formation?
The formation of the sun, the solar system and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy – the Milky Way – and a smaller galaxy called Sagittarius. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/galactic-crash-milky-way-sagittarius-trigger-solar-system-formation…
Baby exoplanet spotted growing around distant star (photo)
New imagery pinpoints the spot where a baby planet is forming around the young star AB Aurigae, which lies 520 light-years from Earth. Source: https://www.livescience.com/alien-planet-birth-ab-aurigae-photo.html
Baby pygmy hippo born at San Diego Zoo, conquers the internet with cuteness
A tiny and very tubby baby pygmy hippo that was recently born at the San Diego Zoo is the zoo’s first successful pygmy hippo birth in more than 30 years. Source: https://www.livescience.com/pygmy-hippo-born-zoo.html
Very Large Telescope sees signs of planet birth
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around the young star AB Aurigae lies a dense disc of dust and gas in which astronomers have spotted a prominent spiral structure with a ‘twist’ that marks the site where a planet may be forming. The observed…
Astronomers confirm existence of two giant newborn planets in PDS 70 system
New evidence shows the first-ever pictures capturing the birth of a pair of planets orbiting the star PDS 70 are in fact authentic. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-astronomers-giant-newborn-planets-pds.html…