This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries
Colorful lichen living on dinosaur bones reflect infrared light that can be detected by drones, which might lead to finds in remote areas.
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‘Like a sudden bomb’: See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years
Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the
Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned ‘lifeboat’
China has launched an unmanned “lifeboat” to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew
How a ‘sweet and shy’ tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein’s gravity to the test
The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair’s slow orbital
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RIP ‘other ATLAS’: Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images
Stunning new photos show the pieces of the “other ATLAS,” C/2025 K1, breaking apart in space after the golden comet suddenly exploded earlier this month.
Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin
Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.
Boiling oceans may sculpt the surfaces of small icy moons
Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.
Trash-Picking Seagulls Poop Hundreds of Tons of Nutrients
At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside from the nuisance it might pose, is also a threat to the
Human Activity has Polluted European Air for 2000 Years, Study Finds
A new study combining European ice core data and historical records of the infamous Black Death pandemic of 1349-1353 shows metal mining and smelting have
City Lights and Atmospheric Glow
The atmospheric glow blankets southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast, outlined by city lights. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines
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