[University of British Columbia] A rare CO chondrite meteorite was the probable impactor that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out 75 per cent of Earth’s species, including non-avian […]
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Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
The Largest Molecule Ever Detected Using Radioastronomy
The discovery of a four-ring carbon molecule in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.
Posted inAstrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Press Release
Source Rocks Of Earth’s First Real Continents Have Been Uncovered
Geoscientists have uncovered a missing link in the enigmatic story of how the continents developed—a revised origin story that doesn’t require the start of plate tectonics or any external factor […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
A New Branch On The Tree Of Life
There’s a new branch on the tree of life and it’s made up of predators that nibble their prey to death.
Posted inMars, Press Release
Early Mars Was Covered In Ice Sheets, Not Flowing Rivers
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new UBC research […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
As Many As Six Billion Earth-like Planets In Our Galaxy, According To New Estimates
To be considered Earth-like, a planet must be rocky, roughly Earth-sized and orbiting Sun-like (G-type) stars. It also has to orbit in the habitable zones of its star–the range of […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Astronomy Student Discovers 17 New Planets, Including Earth-sized World
University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA’s Kepler mission. Over its […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release, Venus
Why We Live on Earth and Not Venus
Compared to its celestial neighbours Venus and Mars, Earth is a pretty habitable place. So how did we get so lucky? A new study sheds light on the improbable evolutionary […]