Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

A new study suggests the prehistoric reptiles could fly right after hatching. It's an ability no other flying animal living today, or in the history of life as we know it, has been able to replicate.

Fossils reveal new details about hadrosaur’s appearance

More evidence for a showy, fleshy snout for the hadrosaur, part of the family of duck-billed dinosaurs. These creatures lived 75 million years ago in what's now northern Montana and southern Alberta, Canada.

The fish are biting

John Ashley caught these fish - with a camera - fighting and mating during a late May/early June spawning season in Montana.

What is the mystery mass on the moon?

Scientists have discovered a massive subsurface deposit of dense material - probably metal - beneath the largest crater on the moon. Did it result from a huge asteroid impact or a former lunar ocean of molten rock?

Could a superflare happen on our sun?

New research suggests that superflares - massive bursts of energy from a star's surface - can happen on stars like our sun. What might that mean for us on Earth?

Mars Helicopter passes key tests

The Mars Helicopter will launch with Mars 2020. It'll be the first vehicle in history to attempt to establish the viability of heavier-than-air vehicular flight on another planet. Plus ... space engineers celebrate with a selfie after attaching the Mars 2020 rover's remote sensing mast.

Asperitas clouds ahead of the rain

Kent Reinhard captured these rare asperitas clouds on June 10. They’ve been described as “… as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below.”

Moon and Saturn from nightfall to dawn

As darkness falls on June 18, 2019, notice the bright "star" near the moon. It's not a star. It's a planet, Saturn. You can see the moon and Saturn together from nightfall or early evening until morning dawn.

Atmospheric CO2 hits record high in May 2019

NOAA reports that carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continued its rapid rise in 2019, reaching the highest recorded levels in 61 years of observation last month.

What causes flashes on the moon?

People have reported seeing Transient Lunar Phenomena - unusual flashes and other lights on the moon - for at least 1,000 years. Yet they're still mysterious. Now a scientist in Germany is using a new telescope to try to solve the mystery.