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The fish Rhacolepis imaged by synchrotron tomography showing the heart (left) and a cross-section through the heart showing valves (right, white arrows).
Discovery of a Fossilised Fish HeartMay 19, 2016
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Workforce Trends in Geosciences InfographicMay 18, 2016
Schematic of a bipartite semantic network constructed through translation (first layer to second layer) and back-translation (second layer to third layer) for MOON and SUN in two American languages: Coast Tsimshian (red) and Lakhota (blue).
The Universal Structure of Human Lexical SemanticsMay 16, 2016
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The Last Possible Outposts for Life on MarsMay 13, 2016
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A Flood of Newly Confirmed ExoplanetsMay 12, 2016
In situ macro and mesostructure of Barstow Formation tufa. Image credit: Ibarra and Corsetti
Stromatolites, it’s a Matter of ScaleMay 11, 2016
Our sun has a temperature of about 5800K. For stars cooler than our sun (M dwarfs at 3000-4000K) the habitable zone is closer in. For hotter stars (A dwarfs at 10,000K) the region is much farther out.
An Inner Edge for Habitable Planets around Low-Mass StarsMay 9, 2016
Blue, but deadly: the gas giant exoplanet HD 189733b, which is superhot and likely has rains of glass.
Could Earth’s light blue color be a signature of life?May 6, 2016
The Center for Chemical Evolution (CCE) is a collaborative program studying the chemical origins of life and is based at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
The Center for Chemical EvolutionMay 6, 2016
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MIT Scientists Compile List of Potential Gases to Guide Search for Life on ExoplanetsMay 5, 2016
A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the base of Mount Sharp, indicating the ancient depression that existed before the larger bulk of the mountain formed.
Water Activity in Salty LiquidMay 5, 2016
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A Dwarf Star Produces a Major DiscoveryMay 3, 2016
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