Will Dunham

A prehistoric stone tool found at a cave in Zacatecas in central Mexico

Mexican Cave Findings Suggest Humans Got to America Much Earlier Than Thought

Will Dunham 23/07/2020

Stone tools unearthed in a cave in central Mexico...

The star formation triggered by the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in its current approximation to the Milky Way is seen in an illustration

Collision of Galaxies May Have Spurred Our Solar System’s Formation

Will Dunham 29/05/2020

A star-formation binge in the Milky Way spanning the...

Artist's impression depicts the orbits of the two stars and the black hole in the HR 6819 triple system

Astronomers Find Earth’s Closest Black Hole (So Far)

Will Dunham 08/05/2020

The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the...

FILE PHOTO: NASA image of a medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the same, large active region of the sun

Good News: The Sun Has a Boring Personality

Will Dunham 01/05/2020

The sun appears to be far less active than...

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Ancient Marine Crocodiles Adapted Like Whales to Ocean Life – Only Earlier

Will Dunham 21/04/2020

Research published on Monday detailed changes in the inner...

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Molten Iron Is Rain on This Savagely Hot Exoplanet

Will Dunham 12/03/2020

WASP-76b, the new planet, illustrates the exotic nature of...

CT-scan-based skull restoration and life reconstruction of the toothed stem bird Ichthyornis dispar, a primitive seabird that prospered about 85 million years ago along the warm, shallow inland sea that once split North America, is shown in this image released on May 2, 2018. Credit: Michael Hanson and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar/Handout via Reuters

Skull of Smallest-Known Bird Embedded in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Will Dunham 12/03/2020

The skull, measuring about half an inch (14.25 mm)...