This workweek , the earth ’s old preservedfossil polyene pigmentswere discover in 12 - million - twelvemonth - old snail shells , long before dogs , foxesmay have been mankind ’ practiced friend , and we say goodbye to Polaris as we prepare to get anew north sensation . Finally , we ask what on Earth is ahenge ?
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Rare Photos Show Blue Whales Performing The Largest Mating Dance On Earth
manful blue whales have been witnessed battling for the hazard to mate with a female person off the coast of Australia in arguably the most formidable armed combat on Earth . When manful whale sense a female is fertile , they follow her . The males employ their bulk against each other to try and gain an vantage and be her “ accompaniment ” . conjointly , this is know as a racing chemical group and is very rarely witnessed by humans or catch on photographic camera . Read the full story here
World’s Oldest Preserved Fossil Pigments Found In 12-Million-Year-Old Snail Shells
color in the natural world can number in just about every potential shade , from the burnished blues of apeacock ’s can feathersto the gleaming of an animate being underultraviolet light . Now researcher have found some of the earliest traces of the paint that help bring forth the pretty colour in snail shells and they are around 12 million age old . Read the full story here
We Now Know What Caused The Brightest Explosion Ever Seen In Space
The Vasco da Gamma - ray split GRB 221009A , better have sex as the B.O.A.T ( " brightest of all time " ) , was so far off the chart that we would only have a bun in the oven to see something this bright once every thousand year . Naturally , astronomers carry some phenomenal issue to be responsible for – but instead , the phenomenon that beget the explosion was unexpected , with few clues as to why it would grow something so dazzling . Read the full story here
Foxes May Have Been Humans’ Best Friend Long Before Dogs
Ancient huntsman - gatherers in South America may have kept foxes as pets beforedomestic dogsarrived on the continent . Evidence for this unexpected alliance come in from a 1,500 - year - old entombment land site in Patagonia , Argentina , where a human underframe appear to have been inter alongside a George Fox , advise that the duad may have share aspecial bondduring their lifetimes . Read the full story here
So Long Polaris: The Earth Will Get A New North Star
If you reckon up into the decipherable night sky in the Northern Hemisphere , you will see the star Polaris , more unremarkably have it away as the North Star . Sitting around 1 degree off from the geographic North Pole , Polaris has been used in navigation ( of the Northern hemisphere ) for centuries . But it has n’t always been our North Star and wo n’t be evermore either . say the full story here
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What Is A Henge, And Why Were They Built?
If we ask you to imagine a henge , we ’d bet your mind instantly endure to the now - iconic Stonehenge in Wiltshire , UK . This prehistorical megalithic structure is , in the minds of many hoi polloi , the quintessential example of a henge . It ’s even in the name , right ? Well , not quite . Stonehenge is n’t actually recognise as a truthful henge , despite give its name to the classification . This raises a rather obvious question : what on Earth is a henge?Read the full story here
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