Near-Earth asteroid and more: Understand the world through 9 images

The biggest science stories of April 7–14.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology uncovered the oldest Homo sapiens remains ever found in Europe, from about 45,000 years ago. DNA within the remains suggests humans and Neanderthals mated much more frequently than was previously thought.

USDA Forest Service scientists released a comprehensive new report on invasive species in the U.S., intended to help better manage land affected by them.

Scientists combined data from the Hubble, FOcal Reducer, and Spectrograph 2 telescopes to reveal the M61 spiral galaxy in stunning detail. M61 is 52 million light-years from Earth.

Residents of South Florida captured an exceptionally bright fireball meteor streaking across the night sky.

Researchers in Kosovo named a newly discovered caddisfly Potamophylax coronavirus, in memory of the pandemic ongoing during its discovery.

Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature revealed how gray wolves survived the last ice age by adapting their diet from horses to caribou and moose. The finding came from comparing the teeth and bones of ancient and modern wolves.

The Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Holland sent a 3D-printed version of its Trix the T. rex skeleton to Nagasaki, Japan, where it will be displayed in a dinosaur museum opening later this year.

An asteroid measuring 12 to 24 feet wide came within 13,000 miles of Earth, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell, significantly closer than many satellites. The Virtual Telescope Project captured an image of the asteroid at around 185,000 miles from Earth, closer than the Moon.

Researchers from the University of Bristol found evidence that the Nok people of West Africa were processing beeswax in pottery 3,500 years ago. It’s the earliest evidence of people using bee products in the region