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Ohio Researchers Develop New Breed of Honeybees to Fight Parasites
A team of researchers at Central State University in Ohio has developed a new breed of honeybees that are resistant to parasites. The new breed, known as the “Ohio Mite Biters,” have smaller mandibles that allow them to more effectively remove parasites from their bodies. The researchers began the breeding program in 2018 in response… Read more
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Yellowstone Supervolcano Magma Chamber Has Far More Melted Rock Than Thought
A new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters has found that the upper magma chamber beneath Yellowstone volcano contains far more melted rock than previously thought. The study, led by Sin-Mei Wu, a geophysicist and postdoctoral researcher with the Swiss Seismological Service at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich,… Read more
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Astronomers Detect Pervasive Background Hum of Merging Supermassive Black Holes
After decades of observations, astronomers have finally detected a pervasive background hum of gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes. The discovery, published in the journal “Science”, was made by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), a collaboration of more than 400 scientists from 20 institutions across the United States and Canada.… Read more
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James Webb Space Telescope Detects Carbon Molecules in Early Universe
A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected carbon molecules in a galaxy that is 13.4 billion light-years away. This means that the molecules were present just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are a type of organic molecule that is thought… Read more
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A train derailment in Montana early Saturday
A train derailment in Montana early Saturday morning caused a bridge across the Yellowstone River to collapse and sent multiple cars into the water below. The derailment occurred around 6 a.m. near Columbus, Montana, about 50 miles north of Billings. The train was carrying a mixture of hazardous materials, including petroleum products, molten sulfur, and… Read more
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Rogue Planets: The Mysterious Wanderers of Space
Astronomers have long known that planets can orbit stars, but in recent years, they have also discovered that there are planets that do not orbit any star at all. These are known as “rogue planets,” and they are some of the most mysterious objects in the universe. Rogue planets are thought to form in the… Read more