Natali Anderson

The newly-discovered exoplanet orbits TOI-3261 (also known as TIC 358070912), an inactive main-sequence star located 300 parsecs (978.5 light-years) away in the constellation of Hydrus.

The newly-discovered exoplanet orbits TOI-3261 (also known as TIC 358070912), an inactive main-sequence star located 300 parsecs (978.5 light-years) away in the constellation of Hydrus.

The Neanderthal groups that inhabited a cave in what is now Spain approximately 46,000 years ago gathered and collected fossils, according to a paper published in the journal Quaternary.

Kepler-51 is a 500-million-year-old G-type star hosting four low density planets, according to a new paper published in the Astronomical Journal.

Paleontologists in New Zealand have discovered a partial skeleton of platypterygiid ichthyosaur dating to the Cretaceous period.

Paleontologists have described a new and older species of Palaeospondylus from the Early Devonian of Australia.

Mycena crocata is a long-known species of fungus frequently reported from Europe and Japan, which was considered non-luminescent until now.

To study migration and mobility history in the Ukraine region, with a particular focus on migrating groups during the Iron Age and the Medieval period, scientists generated genomic data for 91 individuals dating from around 7000 BCE to 1800 CE. Their results show that the ancient population had a diverse range of ancestries as a result of frequent movements, assimilation, and contacts.

The new isopod species has been named Bathynomus vaderi after the most famous Sith Lord in the Star Wars movie series, Darth Vader, whose helmet resembles the marine animal’s head.

Two new species of the genus Tuber have been discovered with the assistance of trained truffle-hunting dogs.