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Rare juvenile T. rex discovered by young fossil hunters
A family fossil hunting in the North Dakota badlands stumbled across an intriguing fossil. Later, scientists identified it as a rare juvenile T. rex.
June 13, 2024
Sun
Sun news June 13, 2024: An M and a huge filament eruption
Sun news for June 13, 2024. A huge filament explosion hurled sun-stuff into space. We don't know yet if it's coming our way. An M1.2 flare pushed sun activity to moderate.
Earth
Cicadas are emerging across parts of the U.S.
The cicadas are here! Have you seen - and heard them - in your neighborhood? Cicadas may be plentiful and loud, but they're basically harmless.
June 13, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
The ecliptic is the sun’s path in our sky
The ecliptic is the path the sun takes across our sky. It's the Earth-sun plane, and, more or less, the plane of our solar system.
June 13, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for June
Visible planets and night sky guide for June 2024. We can’t see Venus or Mercury in our sky right now. But SOHO’s spacecraft’s LASCO C3 imager can!
June 13, 2024
Spaceflight
Leaky Boeing Starliner extending stay at ISS for evaluation
The 1st crewed Boeing Starliner - launched toward the ISS on June 5 and docked June 6, 2024 - will remain on orbit until at least June 18 for an extended evaluation.
June 12, 2024
Space
Epic solar storm effects seen by Mars rovers
The sun lobs its particles into the solar system, and studying this space weather on Mars helps us understand what future astronauts might face there.
June 12, 2024
Tonight
Earliest sunrises (or sunsets) come before June solstice
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your earliest sunrises of the year are happening around now. Southern Hemisphere? Your earliest sunsets are around now.
June 12, 2024
Space
The last Milky Way galactic collision was a recent event
The Milky Way has collided with many other galaxies. The Gaia space telescope found the most recent galactic collision happened later than we thought.
June 11, 2024
Earth
Like people, elephants use names for each other
Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals. And now, a new study shows that elephants use names when communicating with each other, just like humans.
June 11, 2024
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