A new study suggests that the mysterious Jupiter-sized pair may have originated from embryonic stars. This theory could explain some features of these Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs), such as why the members of each pair are so far apart, but more data is needed to confirm the idea. The James Webb Space Telescope observed these … Read more
The disorder is believed to affect between 1 in 12,000 and 1 in 24,000 people, although these statistics may be underestimated. Many cases of Angelman syndrome may remain undiagnosed because the symptoms and characteristics of the disorder resemble those of other conditions. Men and women are equally likely to experience this disorder. Cause: Angelman syndrome … Read more
Over the past decade the idea that comets delivered water to Earth fell out of favor, but a new look at data from the European Space Agency\’s (ESA) Rosetta mission, an iconic \”rubber ducky\” comet, has reopened the possibility. Water\’s chemical structure is very simple: each molecule contains just three atoms (two hydrogen and one … Read more
Burned and damaged human bones from 5,700 years ago hint at a brutal end for a group of Stone Age people who possibly died in a house fire in Ukraine, a new study finds. But why two people suffered severe head injuries and why one died a century later than all the others is still … Read more
Neanderthals, which disappeared from the archaeological record about 40,000 years ago, have long been considered our closest evolutionary relatives. But since the first discovery of Neanderthal remains in the 1800s, scientists have debated whether Neanderthals constitute their own species or whether they are a subset of our own species, Homo sapiens, which has since gone … Read more
