Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole Posted on March 24, 2021 by quaezar In News The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of […]Read more Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
Posted on March 18, 2021 by quaezar In News NASA’s Perseverance rover has had a busy first month on Mars’s surface. From Jezero Crater, where Perseverance landed on 18 February, it has been doing as much geology as it […]Read more
Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth’s history 42,000 years ago Posted on February 18, 2021 by quaezar In News The temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW […]Read more Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth’s history 42,000 years ago
Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA Posted on February 18, 2021 by quaezar In News Permafrost-preserved teeth, up to 1.6 million years old, identify a new kind of mammoth in Siberia. The million-year-old genome is here. Mammoth teeth preserved in eastern Siberian permafrost have produced […]Read more Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA