NASA has announced the choice of two new projects of space missions to asteroids in the Discovery program, in order to learn more about the start-up period of our solar system which has an age estimated at 4,6 billions of years, according to the AFP. For the first mission, NASA has announced that they will launch a spacecraft in 2021 which will study the so-called 'Trojans … [Read more...]
Baby Dinosaur tail was discovered inside a piece of amber
A piece of a dinosaur tail old of 99 million years, with feathers, bone and soft tissue was discovered in amber, an unprecedented discovery that can tell a lot about the structure and the evolution of the feathers of these disappeared animals. Analyzing the tail's structure, the researchers concluded that the tail was from a young Coelurosaur, from the Theropod dinosaur species … [Read more...]
The fossil of an unknown dinosaur, at a step of being dynamited, after 72 million years
A species of a dinosaur unknown to the present day was identified recently after the examination of the fossil remains discovered in a surprisingly good form, in China. The remnants were found by a team of workers and were at one step away from being thrown in the air with dynamite, in the course of their work, the BBC informs. The dinosaur was named Tongtianlong limosus, which … [Read more...]
Amazing discovery on the Black Sea’s bottom: an underwater river, with waterfalls, trees and leaves
The scientists discovered a massive underwater river on the Black Sea's bottom. This fascinating river with trees and leaves that fall on the sea's bottom has also waterfalls. Placed on the land, this river would be in the top 6 regarding the volume of water that flows through it. It is about 350 times bigger than Thames and 10 times bigger than the Rhine. The discovery will … [Read more...]