Pigeon GPS: New clues into how the birds find their way home
A study details a surprising new way into how pigeons find their way home. Some animals including birds orient themselves using both the sun and Earth’s magnetic field as a compass.
Birds navigate using ‘gut feeling’, scientists find
The liver’s iron-rich immune cells act as an internal compass that helps pigeons detect Earth’s magnetic field
Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers, say researchers
How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, researchers say a surprising answer may be hidden, not in the brain or eyes of birds, but in the liver.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren’t sure how
“It’s a paradigm shift, a total revisiting of the classical scenarios of how black holes form and grow.”
Taking dark energy out of the equation: Mathematicians challenge the standard cosmological model of the universe
Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a new paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, mathematicians from …
NASA Unveils Next Generation Of Moon Cars As Plans For A Permanent Lunar Base Take Shape
The return to the Moon isn’t just a far-fetched fantasy anymore, but a tangible near future.
A rare blue micromoon arrives this weekend and won’t be back until December 2028. Here’s what to expect.
This post was originally published on here A blue micromoon will make a rare appearance this weekend, offering skywatchers a sight they won’t have a chance to witness again until the very end of 2028. The blue micromoon is a blue moon that’s the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. In the…
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Improve Cancer and Disease Treatments
Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are continuing research efforts to manufacture large quantities of stem cells for therapies on
Dinosaurs may have faced a dying world before the asteroid hit
Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend
A blue moon occurs every two to three years when a second full moon squeezes into a single month. May 1 saw this month’s first full moon. Since the moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, the upcoming …