Scientists revealed that climate change brought mayhem on the Earth’s first rainforests but they quickly got well. The findings of the research team led by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang from Royal Holloway, University of London, are based on spectacular discoveries of a 300-million-year-old rainforests in coal mines in Illinois, USA.
Preserved over vast areas, these fossilized [...]

NOAA scientists have demonstrated that tsunamis in the open ocean can change sea surface texture in a way that can be measured by satellite-borne radars. The finding could one day help save lives through improved detection and forecasting of tsunami intensity and direction at the ocean surface.
Large tsunamis crossing the open ocean stir up and [...]

Artist’s impression of the new source HLX-1 (represented by the light blue object to the top left of the galactic bulge) in the periphery of the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 243-49. This is the first strong evidence for the existence of intermediate mass black holes.
A black hole is a region of space in which the [...]

This photo, based on imagery captured by the XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray observatories, shows the supernova remnant known as RCW 86. Scientists studied the stellar leftovers to trace the source of energetic cosmic rays.
A new study shows that a supernovae will serve as gigantic particle accelerators - ranging up to almost the speed of light. [...]

It is a wonderful and amazing fact that in an extreme cold the human body can be preserved over 1000’s of years. A great example of this was the Otzi during September 19, 1991 when hikers (German tourist) in the Otztal Alps near the border between Austria and Italy came across the body of a [...]

A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.
‘Using computational methods, developed over the last ten years at Oxford, we were able to reconstruct the origins and timescale of this new pandemic,’ said Dr Oliver Pybus of Oxford University’s [...]

A new technique creates all-purpose antibodies that can be activated at a moment’s notice. A contagious disease that is attacking today is the swine flu- H1N1 and that is why influenza flu pandemic preparation is very important! You can have an immunization with the flu vaccine, can have the flu shot that are good [...]

Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution can make cells in the body look older — about 10 years older, a new study finds.
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the atmosphere. The atmosphere [...]

Astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and it was find out that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown effects. The galaxy also appears to be on a collision course with another giant galaxy in this very dynamic cluster.

The new observations reveal that Messier 87’s halo [...]

Draco is a long, glittering chain of faint stars that curls around between Ursa Major-the “Big Dipper” and Polaris-the “North Star“ on the east side.
It was one of the original 48 constellations charted by Ptolemy and was later adopted as one of the 88 modern constellations by the International Astronomical Union. This sprawling constellation covers [...]