Margherita Bassi

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Margherita Bassi

In 1917, two US submarines collided off the coast of San Diego and submarine USS F-1 sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with 19 crew members aboard. The horrible accident, whose wreckage was discovered in 1975, represents the US Naval Submarine Force’s first wartime submarine loss. Now, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have captured new footage of the 1,300 feet-deep underwater archaeological site.

1 week ago | smithsonianmag.com | Margherita Bassi

Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t so picky Between 3 million and 20 million years ago, the largest predatory fish ever known hunted in Earth’s oceans. Called themegalodon(Otodus megalodon), this giant shark grew up to 79 feet long, had teeth the size of human hands and could bite with the strength of an industrial hydraulic press.

1 week ago | smithsonianmag.com | Margherita Bassi

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region thought to be largely devoid of objects While the James Webb Space Telescope looks for the most distant galaxies ever seen, astronomers have discovered something new in our very own solar system. Researchers from the U.S. and Canada have identified a celestial body with an enormous orbit that takes it around the sun once every roughly 25,000 years.

1 week ago | popsci.com | Margherita Bassi

The painted turtle was brought into the wildlife center with a puzzling injury. CREDIT: New England Wildlife Center via Facebook.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Margherita Bassi

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysEarlier this month, an anonymous rescuer brought a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) with a strange injury to the New England Wildlife Center in Massachusetts: a perfectly round crater in its shell.