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The newly described microgastrine parasitoid wasp Microgaster godzilla

Watch a 'Godzilla' wasp dominate Mothra in this eerie lab video

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists discovered a new species of aquatic wasp that reminds them of Godzilla.

Moths
An unidentified flying object (UFO) was seen above Aoba Ward in Sendai, Japan, on the morning of June 17, 2020.

'It's not ours': Government denies knowledge of strange 'UFO' over Japanese city

By Brandon Specktor published

A strange balloon-shaped 'UFO' appeared and disappeared over the city of Sendai, Japan on Wednesday (June 17).

Extraterrestrial Life
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Moon's mysterious disappearance 900 years ago finally gets an explanation

By Brandon Specktor published

A series of 'forgotten' volcanic eruptions could explain accounts of the moon 'vanishing' in A.D. 1110.

Planet Earth
What might the "red sign" have looked like?

1,400-year-old mystery of strange 'red sign' in Japan's sky solved

By Meghan Bartels published

A scarlet fan spread across the skies over Japan 1,400 years ago, and it's been puzzling astronomers ever since.

Astronomy
A photo shows the cliffside in Japan's Chiba prefecture that's part of a line of sediment that recorded the geologic history of the planet between 770,000 and 126,000 years ago.

Earth has a new geologic age: The Chibanian

By Rafi Letzter published

It's all thanks to a cliff by a river in Japan.

Geology
Life restoration of Fukuipteryx prima.

Dinosaur-Era Bird Preserved in 3D Could Rewrite History of Flight

By Mindy Weisberger published

A previously unknown species of primitive bird has a tail feature associated with flight in modern birds.

Dinosaurs
A still from a video shows a fireball passing over Kyoto, Japan after 1 a.m. on April 28, 2017.

Fireball That Flew Over Japan in 2017 Was Tiny Piece of Giant Asteroid that Might One Day Threaten Earth

By Rafi Letzter published

If you'd looked up into the sky in Kyoto, Japan, on April 28, 2017, you may have seen a preview of an event that could, far down the road, threaten the whole Earth.

Asteroids
ebola virus

Japan Just Imported Ebola to Prep for Possible Olympic Outbreak

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Japan imported Ebola and other lethal viruses to prepare diagnostic test kits for the 2020 Olympics.

Ebola
This image shows the region where the ancient galactic structure was found. The blue shading shows the area it covers. The red objects in the zoomed-in bits are the 12 galaxies.

Huge Cosmic Structures Already Existed When the Universe Was a Baby

By Rafi Letzter published

Astronomers have discovered the oldest cluster of galaxies ever seen.

Cosmology
A golden sun sets over the East China Sea, near Okinawa, Japan.

Mysterious 'Pocket' of Underwater Gas Could Contain 50 Million Tons of CO2

By Brandon Specktor published

Meta description: Probing the bottom of the East China Sea with seismic waves, researchers have discovered a mysterious "pocket" that could contain 50 million tons of greenhouse gases.

Rivers & Oceans
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