Strange hollow buckyballs found in 80-million-year-old fossils
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists from The University of Western Australian and University of Cambridge have made a chance discovery in UK museum collections, finding hollow ball-like structures in 80-million-year-old fossils from species believed to be related to starfish and sea urchins. The scientists found the unusual structures known as ‘bucky’ balls made up of a series of hexagons […]