TEHRAN (Press Shia) – What burns brighter than a quasar — the hungry, supermassive black holes that outshine entire galaxies as they voraciously gobble up everything in reach? - Science news - How about a "double quasar?"In a new study, astronomers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer 10 billion years into the cosmic past, where they detected two gargantuan quasars on the verge of...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A new study suggests acidic lakes may have harbored life in Earth’s ancient past. - Science news - According to Inside Science, a team of researchers led by Andrea Agangi from Akita University, Japan suggested that early lifeforms managed to adapt to survive in such lakes shortly after emerging from the sea.The scientists arrived at this conclusion after performing a...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A team of scientists has discovered an ancient form of rubisco, the most abundant enzyme on Earth and critical to life as we know it. - Science news - Found in previously unknown environmental microbes, the newly identified rubisco provides insight into the evolution of the photosynthetic organisms that underlie the planet's food chains."Rubisco is the primary...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Scientists say the rapidly warming climate in the far north risks exposing long-dormant viruses, which may be thousands of years old, and have been frozen in the permafrost in the Arctic. - Science news - Disturbing things are happening in the Arctic. In the last fortnight a devastating heatwave has seen temperatures in Siberia reach a record 38C (100.4F),...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Researchers have found more evidence that Mars once had its own Saturn-like planetary ring but, curiously, they now also believe that within the next 100 million years. - Science news - Researchers now also believe that within the next 100 million years, the Red Planet will develop a ring once again. The new clue lies in Deimos, the smaller of the two Martian...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A team of researchers are peering into what the solar system may have looked like in its earliest stages, unlocking answers about the formation of amino acids – and ultimately life as we know it – by analyzing ancient space rocks. - Science news - The new findings – reported by an international group of scientists led by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) –...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – An ancient bas-relief carving, which depicts human being figures, has recently been discovered in western Iran. - Science news - Director-General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Lorestan Province, Seyed Amin Qassemi, said the ancient relief was found during the fourth phase of the study and documentation of historical monuments of the city of...