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New lunar lander Athena is on the moon, but …
The lunar lander Athena - Intuitive Machines' 2nd mission to the moon - made it to the surface on March 6, 2025. Unfortunately, it appears to be tipped over.
March 6, 2025
Enormous rogue super-Jupiter is a surprisingly complex world
New observations by Webb of rogue super-Jupiter SIMP 0136 show that its atmosphere is more complex than thought, explaining its variations in brightness.
March 6, 2025
The truth about dinosaur behavior from hints in fossils
What do paleontologists know about dinosaur behavior and how do they know it? All we have of them is their fossils. Read on to find out what we can know.
March 6, 2025
Watch 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics on Earth. Amazing!
Watch an amazing new animation showing the creation and destruction of supercontinents over 1.8 billion years of Earth's plate tectonics history.
March 6, 2025
Watch as Mars’ moons trade places in the sky
Watch a video from Mars Express orbiter showing Mars' moons - Phobos and Deimos - crossing in the sky. ESA released these images on March 1, 2025.
March 5, 2025
Why Mars is red … and the exciting possibilities for life
Are we wrong about why Mars is red? An iron oxide called ferrihydrite might be responsible. If so, this also further supports ancient Mars being habitable.
March 5, 2025
Vacation-style beaches on Mars? New evidence for lost ocean
Were there once sunny, sandy beaches on Mars? A new study of data from China's Zhurong rover says yes. They were the shorelines of a now long-lost ocean.
March 4, 2025
Solar system passed through Orion, says intriguing new study
About 14 million years ago, our solar system passed through a dense region of dust and gas in the constellation Orion, possibly affecting Earth's climate.
March 4, 2025
Beavers know better. They saved the Czech government $1 million!
After a plan for building a dam stalled in the Czech Republic for seven years, beavers stepped in and did what beavers do, building the dam for free!
March 3, 2025
Speedy white dwarf planets are more likely to be habitable
Scientists thought that planets around white dwarf stars would be unhabitable. But a new study shows how some white dwarf planets could support life.
March 2, 2025
