S urrounded by dense jungle and rolling hills on the picturesque island in the Pacific Ocean lies a capital city unlike any ...
Astronomers have detected the explosive, highly toxic gas phosphine (PH 3), in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf (Wolf 1130C) located 54 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cygnus.
Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in the 1990s, these in-between cosmic objects aren’t big enough to burn as hot and bright as a true star, instead usually ...
Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule phosphine (PH 3), an explosive, highly toxic gas. Found in the atmospheres ...
The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller On a brown dwarf dozens of light years ...
Tiwai, meaning "Big Island" in the Mende language, is just 11.9 sq km, yet it shelters pygmy hippos, endangered chimpanzees and some of the world’s densest primate populations. Its recent Unesco ...
Astronomers found the elusive gas on Wolf 1130C but wonder why it’s not more prevalent in other brown dwarfs Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A, its ...
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Whales are majestic creatures. Their sheer size, their ability to swim to great depths and their whale song have captured our imaginations throughout ...
Locals were treated to a rare encounter as a pygmy blue whale, up to 24 metres long, was filmed swimming near Busselton Jetty in WA. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI. Greta ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo announced a much-anticipated naming contest for its new pygmy hippo calf on Friday afternoon. Zoo staff have chosen three different name options—Hugo, Blitz and ...
President Trump’s upcoming ballroom will be bigger than the White House. Recent renderings obtained by CBS News show that the ballroom—which Trump has been obsessing over for some time now—shows a ...