Allison Gasparini

Nov 20, 2024 | thepremierdaily.com | Allison Gasparini

A species of clam is back from the dead. Known as Cymatioa cooki, the clam had only ever been found as a fossil, and scientists presumed that the species had been extinct for more than 40,000 years. Then, while scouring tide pools for sea slugs off the coast of California in 2018, marine ecologist Jeff Goddard spotted something unfamiliar: a white, translucent bivalve roughly 11 millimeters in length.

Feb 21, 2024 | snexplores.org | Emily Conover |Allison Gasparini

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Dec 20, 2023 | scientificamerican.com | Allison Gasparini

A bizarrely dense exoplanet located more than 500 light-years from Earth is challenging scientists' understanding of how planets form. This astronomical body, recently described in Nature, is the size of the ice giant Neptune but nearly 10 times heavier—meaning it is denser than steel. “It's impossible for a planet like this to have formed by classical planetary formation models,” says lead study author Luca Naponiello, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Nov 20, 2023 | espanol.news | Allison Gasparini

Dos estrellas en órbita están provocando mareas insosteniblemente grandes a medida que se acercanA medida que sube la marea en una playa del océano, las olas rompen formando un chorro de agua salada y espuma. A años luz de la Tierra se está produciendo una escena similar a una escala mucho mayor cuando ondas de gas caliente se hinchan hasta la altura de tres de nuestros soles y luego colapsan sobre la superficie de una estrella supergigante, según un estudio reciente en Naturaleza Astronomía.

Oct 18, 2023 | snexplores.org | Allison Gasparini |Ilima Loomis

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