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How do bats avoid collisions in massive groups? Now we know!
Bats navigate in groups of hundreds of thousands, and still don't collide with each other. How do they do it? We finally know!
April 7, 2025
See one gigantic Mars dust devil eating another
The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring the rim of Jezero Crater, imaged a large Mars dust devil consuming a smaller one.
April 6, 2025
New insight into how dogs see their world through smell
Researchers are developing new tools to help study what dogs experience. These insights can better inform trainers of dogs involved in scent detection.
April 6, 2025
Above-average hurricane forecast for the Atlantic in 2025
Colorado State University issued their hurricane forecast for the 2025 Atlantic season on April 3, 2025. Get all the details and more information here.
April 4, 2025
Prototaxites: Oldest giant organisms a lost kingdom of life?
Recently proposed reclassification of Earth’s first giant organisms - Prototaxites - indicate they represent an extinct kingdom of life.
April 3, 2025
Birthplaces of new planets are more varied than once thought
Researchers using the ALMA observatory have found that protoplanetary disks - the birthplaces of new planets - vary in size much more than previously thought.
April 3, 2025
The South Pole begins its 6 months of darkness
On the March equinox, researchers at the South Pole saw the sunset and entered into 6 months of darkness. See more images of the sunset here.
April 3, 2025
Alien life? Mammoth new telescope could find it in hours
The upcoming Extremely Large Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien life, analyzing the atmospheres of nearby "Earth-like" planets in only hours.
April 2, 2025
Great white sharks in False Bay vanished. What happened?
The disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa, in mid-2018 resulted in significant changes in the local marine food chain.
April 2, 2025
See the best deep-sky photos of March 2025 here
Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for March 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!
April 2, 2025
