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The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity.The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as recently as 2017.Whilst most of them are considered dormant or possibly extinct, three have erupted in recent history according to the Smithsonian…

Get ready for another show in the sky, space fans. This time it will be a shooting star show.The Lyrid meteor shower will peak in 2024 starting late Sunday night on April 21 and last through dawn on Monday April 22.The Lyrids, one of the oldest known Metroid showers, began April 15 and runs through April 29 but the weekend will be the best time…

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The 2023 observation of supernova SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel galaxy provided a unique chance to study cosmic ray production, but the expected gamma rays were not detected by NASA’s Fermi Telescope, indicating much lower energy conversion rates than anticipated. Credit: NASAObservations of SN 2023ixf in 2023 led to surprising findings regarding…

By Georgina RannardScience reporter17 April 2024Image source, Sergey KrasovskiyScientists have identified what was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas - a creature longer than two, nose-to-nose buses.The creature lived around 202 million years ago alongside the dinosaurs.Its fossilised jawbone was found in 2016 by a…

Allowing experts to literally edit parts of a genome by removing, adding, or altering sections of the DNA sequence, Cas9 remains faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more efficient than any other existing, competing genome editing method. Scientists have heralded CRISPR as an enormous breakthrough in the field; its potential applications reach…

Here’s the image of the large asteroid – 2013 NK4 – that safely passed Earth on Monday, April 15, 2024. The Goldstone Radar in California acquired this image on April 13. Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech. Update! Image of asteroid 2013 NK4 NASA astronomers were able to obtain radar images of the large asteroid that passed Earth safely on Monday,…

In October 2022, surveys monitoring the skies for explosions in space started going off like a frog in a sock.The reason? Something 2.4 billion light-years away spat out the biggest burst of gamma-radiation ever recorded. The event, GRB 221009A, clocked in at a record 18 teraelectronvolts and was so powerful it shook Earth's outer atmosphere.…

Legend has it that 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory had a gruesome method for retaining her youthful beauty.Historical records say the noblewoman was accused of and imprisoned for murdering hundreds of girls to bathe in their supposedly restorative blood. The veracity of those accusations is questionable, at best, but the…

By Nikki Main Science Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:01 BST, 12 April 2024 | Updated: 20:06 BST, 12 April 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- Scientists have found methane deep within Uranus - revealing the blue…