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Most dogs still have a little wolf in them

Scientists found that many dog breeds have some wolf DNA added after wolves were 1st domesticated into dogs about 20,000 years ago.

Shireen Gonzaga

December 3, 2025

EarthSky’s lunar calendar: How to use this great gift!

Follow the moon! Here’s why you need an EarthSky lunar calendar, the top tips for using it and where you can order one.

Editors of EarthSky

December 3, 2025

Orange Aldebaran is Taurus the Bull’s fiery eye

Aldebaran is an enormous star that marks one of the eyes of Taurus the Bull. If placed where our sun is, its surface would pass the orbit of Mercury.

Deborah Byrd

Larry Sessions

December 3, 2025

New study of dinosaur tracks suggests it walked with a limp

Scientists analyzed the 150-million-year-old footprints of a long-necked sauropod dinosaur and found it might have been limping.

Shireen Gonzaga

December 2, 2025

7 weird things space does to the human body

Humans are adapted to earthly life. Here are 7 weird things space does to the human body. Knowing these challenges, would you be willing to go to space?

Kelly Kizer Whitt

December 2, 2025

Sun activity archive for December 2025

Sun activity archive for December 2025. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

December 1, 2025

Does a supermoon have a super effect on us?

The extra pull of gravity from a supermoon creates higher-than-usual tides. But the effects of a supermoon on a human body are imperceptible.

Editors of EarthSky

December 1, 2025

Wisdom, oldest bird, returns with mate to Midway Atoll!

Wisdom, a beloved Laysan Albatross, is the oldest known bird. At 75, she returned (with her mate) to Midway Atoll in November 2025 for another breeding season.

Shireen Gonzaga

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 30, 2025