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4-legged whale fossil found along coast of Peru
Fossil remains of a 4-legged whale with hooves suggest that this whale could walk on land. With a robust tail and webbed fingers, it might have propelled itself through water like an otter.
April 8, 2019
Scientists close in on mysterious Mars methane
For the first time, an in-situ measurement of methane on Mars - made by NASA's Curiosity rover - has been independently confirmed from orbit, by ESA's Mars Express. Could it be a clue to Mars life?
April 7, 2019
New evidence for life in a Martian meteorite?
The discovery of fossilized microbes in Martian meteorites has been claimed before. Now scientists in Hungary add a new study of the ALH-77005 meteorite, with some intriguing new evidence.
April 7, 2019
Curiosity rover captured 2 solar eclipses on Mars
Watch Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos cross the sun in a pair of solar eclipses last month, in these animations made from images from the Curiosity rover's cameras.
April 7, 2019
Photos of last night’s young moon
The young moon has returned to the west after sunset. Check out these photos from the EarthSky Community.
April 7, 2019
Moon, Mars, Pleiades on April 7 to 9
After sunset April 7-9, 2019 - watch the young crescent moon wax larger day by day as it sweeps past the red planet Mars, famous Pleiades star cluster and the red star Aldebaran.
April 6, 2019
Fireball over New Mexico
You can expect meteor activity to increase in the coming months, as we re-enter a time of year for major meteor showers. Here's what appears to be a random meteor, but a very bright one!
April 5, 2019
Alaska’s mountain glaciers: A 10-year story
Glaciers in Alaska are losing ice and contributing to sea level rise. To monitor these changes, a team of researchers has been flying scientific instruments on a bright red, single-engine plane since spring 2009.
April 5, 2019
Astronomers find a planet fragment orbiting a dead star
The star is a white dwarf, a cool, dead, dense star like our sun some 6 billion years from now. The planet fragment - made of heavy metals - survived a system-wide cataclysm that followed the star's death.
April 4, 2019
Fungal disease killing off frogs, toads, salamanders worldwide
The disease, which eats away at the skin of amphibians, has completely wiped out 90 species and caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 more.
April 4, 2019
