What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of Jan. 20, 2022

Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Marine species can cling together to buy time during climate warming

Mussel beds protect other species during hot days

Some marine species can help protect others from climate change by shielding them from heat, according to a new study by Texas A&M University at Galveston and other scientists.

Laura Jurgens and colleagues at the University of Vermont and the University of California, Davis detail …

Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Gemini Observatory reveals primordial stellar stream is a shredded star cluster

Astronomers find remains of a cluster of ancient stars at Milky Way’s edge

A team of astronomers, partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, discovered an unusual stellar stream orbiting the Milky Way. A stellar stream is a cluster of stars that have been torn and stretched into streams that stretch along their original orbit.

The stellar stream, named C-19, is expansive but not visible …