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NASA's Dart Makes Impact!
All around our solar system, millions of asteroids orbit the sun along with the planets. Most are...
Which Ended First... The Dinosaur or the Egg?
We often imagine the end of the dinosaurs as a violent cataclysm limited to one fateful day; near...
Earth's Days are Getting Longer
A multiple exposure photo of the 2017 solar eclipse over Redmond, Oregon
How long is a day on Ea...
How Did Saturn Get its Rings?
The exact origins of Saturn’s rings have long troubled astronomers, with two main competing theor...
Listening In On Aliens
It's time to get far out — NASA has recently approved funding for its new program CATS, or Catego...
New Discoveries on Mars!
Earlier this year, we talked about how the Mars Perseverance rover was searching the Jezero crate...
Some of the Longest Dinosaur Tracks Ever Discovered
The current heatwave in Texas has dried up the Paluxy River and exposed a set of fossilized dinos...
The Deepest Shipwreck
Above: The Roberts wreck, 4.3 miles below the water. (Source: Caladan Oceanic And Eyos Expedit)
O...
BTS On The Moon!
South Korea has launched its first lunar mission, officially joining the modern-day space race. T...
Discovering a 16th Century Ecosystem
Above: A scene from "The Hunting Book of Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix, Lord of Béarn", 14th cent...
Set Sail for the Milky Seas!
Above: Satellite imagery of the "Milky Seas" off the coast of Java in 2019. CSU/CIRA and NOAA/NES...
T. Rex Keeps Its Crown
Earlier this year, a team of researchers asked a question: What if Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't just ...
The Large Hadron Collider Is Back At It Again!
Above: A section of the LHC interior
The Large Hadron Collider is beginning its third operationa...
A Heartbeat from Outer Space
Scientists working with the CHIME radio telescope in British Columbia have observed a rather stra...
Seeing Into The Past
The new James Webb telescope launched by NASA has revealed a breathtaking look into our universe....
A Baby Woolly Mammoth!
Above: The recovery of the baby mammoth!
The frozen remains of a baby woolly mammoth were disc...
Hardhat Giraffes
Scientists in China have discovered a previously unknown extinct cousin of giraffes with a very unique set of headgear. The fossil was first discovered in 1996 in China’s Shenzhen desert, but only now that the skull’s been examined with a CT scan has it been found that the fossil’s inner ear is nearly identical to the Giraffoid family.
Volcanoes: The Cradle of Life
Volcanoes are gigantic furnaces of fire and lava, hailed in human mythologies as dangerous and awe-inspiring places. However, a new study shows that volcanoes may have another role: a cradle of life.
Finger Rocks on Mars
Check out this incredible rock formation on the surface of Mars! What you're seeing here is a strange but not unknown phenomenon that was photographed by NASA's Curiosity rover. It appears as though these rocks are sticking straight out of the ground, growing upward not unlike a tree.
The Origins of the Black Death
Scientists may have discovered the origins of the Black Death, the fourteenth century pandemic which killed over 25 million people. While the plague wreaked havoc in Europe, its origins have long been linked to Asian grasslands, where a warming climate spurred large movements of rodents who were vectors for the disease. While the exact beginnings of the plague have remained mysterious over the centuries, a new study offers a possible look at origins of the disease.
Their Swords Came from Stars
Early in the history of civilization, bronze was king. The metal was malleable, strong, and most importantly had a low enough melting point to be easily reachable. However, certain iron artifacts have still been discovered that date back to the Bronze Age. Where did this metal come from? The answer is in the stars above.
Twin Planets Discovered around a Single Star
33 light years from Earth, two rocky planets have been discovered orbiting a single dwarf star. A team at MIT has presented its new findings of this system, but they couldn't have done it alone.
The Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
Above: Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way (EHT, 2022)
Astronomers have...
Ichthyosaurs in the Mountains
Above: An artist's depiction of a a group of Ichthyosaurs.
Thousands of feet above sea level in t...
Planting Seeds on the Moon!
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
Above: An image from the study showing the suspected microorganism in halite.
Geologists have un...
A Friend in Fungus
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...
