While the blob under Canada has weakened, the blob under Siberia has strengthened. Source: https://www.livescience.com/magnetic-north-pole-to-siberia.html
Tag: Blob
Ancient ‘Tully monster’ was a vertebrate, not a spineless blob, study claims
The Tully monster is likely a vertebrate, a new chemical study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-tully-monster-vertebrate.html
Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data
Buried inside data Voyager 2 gathered at Uranus more than 30 years ago is the signature of a massive bubble that may have stolen a blob of the planet’s gassy atmosphere. Source: https://www.livescience.com/uranus-gas-blob-voyager-2-discovery.html
Top tips for binocular stargazing
Whether you’re a beginning stargazer or a veteran of thousands of starry nights, binoculars can be your best friend. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/top-tips-for-using-ordinary-binoculars-for-stargazing…
This parasitic ‘blob’ is the only known animal that doesn’t breathe
A genomic analysis of the creepy parasite H. salminicola reveals that the creature has no mitochondrial DNA and no way to breathe — two animal firsts. Source: https://www.livescience.com/first-non-breathing-animal.html
A Hot Blob in the Pacific Ocean Caused 1 Million Seabirds to Die
Five years ago, tens of thousands of emaciated seabirds washed ashore on the Pacific Coast. Source: https://www.livescience.com/blob-caused-extreme-seabird-dieoff.html
Out of Deep-Sea Mud, a Strange Blob May Hold Secrets to the Origins of Complex Life
This unassuming little critter may hold the secrets to how the first multicellular life-forms evolved. Source: https://www.livescience.com/eukaryote-ancestor-deep-sea-microbe.html
Image: Hubble views galaxy from famous catalog
This bright, somewhat blob-like object—seen in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope—is a galaxy named NGC 1803. It is about 200 million light-years away, in the southern constellation of Pictor (the Painter’s Easel). Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-image-hubble-views-galaxy-famous.html…
Marine heatwave known as ‘the blob’ killed a million US seabirds
A million seabirds that died along the US west coast between 2015 and 2016 were likely the victims of an unprecedented marine heatwave in the Pacific called “the Blob” Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229980-marine-heatwave-known-as-the-blob-killed-a-million-us-seabirds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Mystery ‘blob’ of hot water found in the Pacific
A vast swathe of water exhibiting an unexpectedly high temperature has left scientists scratching their heads. Covering an area of over one million sq… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333331/mystery-blob-of-hot-water-found-in-the-pacific…