The Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
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Above: Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way (EHT, 2022)
Astronomers have...
Ichthyosaurs in the Mountains
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Above: An artist's depiction of a a group of Ichthyosaurs.
Thousands of feet above sea level in t...
Planting Seeds on the Moon!
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Above: A photography from the study showing the sprouted plants in moon soil.
In an incredible a...
The 830,000,000 Year Old Salt Zombie
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Above: An image from the study showing the suspected microorganism in halite.
Geologists have un...
A Friend in Fungus
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Above: Schizophyllum commune or split-gill mushrooms, one of the species used in the study.
When ...
A Concert for Pigs!
Think about your favorite song. How does it make you feel? Excited? Calm? Happy? We tend to think...
A Rainbow Beneath the Waves
Perhaps you remember the children's book, The Rainbow Fish… well a brand new species has been ide...
Underwater Dinosaurs
Above: A skeletal cast of Spinosaurus on display
Through finding and studying fossils we have lea...
The Ancient Hot Air Balloons of the Ocean
520 million years ago, the world's first superpredator, Anomalocaris, appeared in the Cambrian oc...
How to find a Dinosaur Tooth
If you're looking to find an authentic dinosaur fossil, your first thought might be to check a hi...
Mammoths from the Fridge
Above: An artist's rendition of the Woolly Mammoth!Plenty of us have some old leftovers lingering...
The Cretaceous Era Airplane
Above: A reconstruction of the Quetzalcoatlus skeleton. This animal stood about as tall as a gir...
Eye in the Sky
Above: A rendering of the Webb telescope as it will appear in orbit! (NASA)This January, the Jam...
Ancient Stardust!
4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was nothing but a cloud of gas and heat. Amazingly, the t...
Which Came First: The Dino or the Egg?
The dinosaur egg is an iconic image of our modern idea of the Mesozoic. In southern China, an exq...
Life Returns to the River!
In 1957, the Thames river which runs through London was declared "biologically dead." Pollutants ...
Martian Fossils or Chemical Reactions?
With the Perseverance Mars rover, NASA is searching for something incredible: microscopic fossils...
Cities Below the Dirt
Above: The ancient Mayan structure "Aguada Fénix" in a 3D LIDAR scan. Source: Takeshi Inomata
One...
A Dinosaur's Weapon
Above: The Stegouros elengassen with its iconic tail!A new 74 million year old species of dinosa...
Fishing into the Past
For as long as anyone can remember, small wooden stakes have stood at the tidal zone of the Comox...
Let Them Fight!
The Hell Creek formation is a source of some of the most iconic dinosaurs we know, like Tyrannosa...
A Prehistoric Super Scorpion!
Above: Terropterus xiushanensis on the hunt! Source: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontolog...
Call me on the Whalephone
Human culture is built on our ability to communicate with each other; the languages we share shap...
The Astronomer's Mirror
Above: A 16th century portrait of John DeeJohn Dee, the polymath and advisor to Elizabeth I, bri...
An 18th Century Beast!
Above: An illustration of the "Beast of Gévaudan" stuffed and displayed at Versailles.In 1764, t...
Vampires of New England
Above: Vampire hunters from a 19th century engraving. Source: National GeographicIn the late 19th...
Radioactive Deep Time
When we think of radioactive science, it's hard not to focus on its impact on modern advancements...
A Community of Trees
Dr. Suzanne Simard has spent her life studying trees and what she's learned about the forest puts...
Thylacine Remastered!
Above: A colorized frame from 1933 footage of a Thylacine. Source: NFSAIn an amazing effort by fi...
Gods in the Bog
Above: The statue recovered from the bog! Credit: AMSAn eight foot tall wood statue from 1,600 y...
Water into Gold? Not exactly...
Electron transfer makes a water droplet metallic! Source: Philip E. Mason
A new study from Nature...
The Antikythera Mechanism: An Ancient Greek Computer
A piece of the Antikythera Mechanism. Source: Brett Seymour, WHOI
120 years ago, off the coast o...
Hyena Housecleaning: Thousands of Bones Discovered in Lava Tube Den
Explorers in the Umm Jirsan lava tube find piles of bones! (Source: Archaeological and Anthropol...
Behind the Black Hole
The black hole at the center of Messier 87, photographed in April, 2019. Source: Event Horizon T...
COOL THINGS! (VOL 2.5)
Above: Mr. Bear goes for a stroll near the Kamchatka volcano. Credit: Richard Li
Hello, everyon...
COOL THINGS! (VOL 2.4)
Hello Everyone!Welcome to the May 2021 issue of Cool Things! Each month, we want to bring you new...