A group of international astronomers have used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to report the discovery of the first confirmed galaxies to date. In work, which NASA says has yet to be peer-reviewed, scientists found that light from these galaxies took more than 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, as the galaxies date …
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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science bulletin Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. CNN — The past is an ever-changing story, and this week a myriad of discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewelry, and even DNA unearthed from the earth shed light on some of history’s …
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Astronomers have confirmed that four ancient galaxies detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in its first months of operation are the oldest scientists have ever seen and nearly as old as the universe itself. The galaxies were among hundreds of promising stellar conglomerates found in images from the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) aboard the …
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Scientists have identified the oldest DNA ever discovered and, in doing so, revealed a complex ecosystem that existed two million years ago in modern Greenland, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Nature . The double helix-shaped molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (or DNA for short) is present in almost every cell …
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — An Ice Age sediment core from northern Greenland has produced the oldest DNA sequences in the world. The 2 million year old DNA samples revealed that the now largely lifeless polar region was …
Reconstruction of the Kap København formation two million years ago at a time when the temperature was significantly warmer than far northern Greenland today. 1 credit Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time, opening a new “game-changing” chapter in evolutionary history. Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA have been found in Ice Age sediments …
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The fossilized remains of a small, sharp-toothed lizard, left in a closet for more than half a century, pushed back the origins of the group that encompasses modern snakes and lizards by tens of millions of years. The specimen was collected in the 1950s from a quarry near Tortworth in Gloucestershire by the late fossil …
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House ” General ” Company ” A planned Mongolian HPP will cause an environmental catastrophe in one of the oldest lakes on the planet New Delhi, November 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Russian environmentalists and conservationists have sounded the alarm as Mongolia resumes its Blue Horse infrastructure program. The country’s water security program calls for the construction of …
Thousands of galaxies flood this high-resolution near-infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI A team of astronomers has used the James Webb Telescope (JWST) to identify the most distant globular clusters ever discovered. These dense clusters of millions of stars may be relics containing the first and oldest stars in …
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