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New record for oldest impact crater on Earth

Researchers in Australia have discovered a new record holder for the oldest impact crater on Earth yet known. The impact dates back some 3.5 billion years.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

March 9, 2025

Woolly mice are cute, but won’t save endangered species

A company has genetically engineered woolly mice as a step towards "de-extincting" the woolly mammoth. But is this an effective form of conservation?

EarthSky Voices

March 9, 2025

Critical fire weather forecast Friday in Texas, New Mexico

There is a critical fire weather risk today in parts of New Mexico and western Texas due to low humidity, strong winds and a lack of rain.

Rachel Duensing

March 7, 2025

The best deep-sky photos of February 2025

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for February 2025 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, send it in, too. We love to see them!

Armando Caussade

March 7, 2025

8th Starship launch ends in another colossal blast

The SpaceX Starship rocket made its exciting 8th test flight on Thursday, March 6. See the fiery thrills and spills right here!

Dave Adalian

March 6, 2025

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.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

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.

Paul Scott Anderson

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.

EarthSky Voices

March 6, 2025