* Astronomy

Scientists have made a rare find: a new species of fossil beetle from Antarctica.

It's the first evidence of a ground beetle found on the southernmost continent.
And Antarctic insects are themselves a rarity - the absence of biodiversity is considered a consequence of a lack of moisture, vegetation and the low temperatures.
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Student discovers extinct plague locust specimens

While organizing drawers of unidentified grasshopper specimens at the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC), something caught the eye of Brandon Woo '19.
Three oddly shaped dull brown specimens with extra-long wings stood out to the Cornell entomology student whose area of focus is a group of insects called orthopterans, which includes grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and katydids. Comparing the specimens' lot number to a CUIC log book, Woo learned he had uncovered Melanoplus spretus, the Rocky Mountain locust, an extinct pest that wreaked agricultural havoc 150 years ago.
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'Extinct' fly found in Devon nature reserve

A fly thought to be extinct in the UK has been found in a Devon nature reserve.
The rhaphium pectinatum was last recorded in Britain 147 years ago in 1868 but was rediscovered in Old Sludge Beds on the outskirts of Exeter.
The fly is from the Dolichopidiae family, a group known as long-legged flies, and is usually found in tropical parts of the world.
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Scientists unveil secrets of insect evolution

Using genetic analysis, scientists have been able to conclusively establish that insects originated about 480 million years ago, and that they developed the ability to fly some 80 million years later, the Commonwealth of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said on Friday.
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