Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean - Space
This eerie image shows the heat shield following splashdown.
Scientists Found 40,000-Year-Old Frozen Microbes in an Alaska Tunnel...Six Months Later, They Became Active Again - The Daily Galaxy
These microbes spent 40,000 years trapped in ice beneath Alaska. Once thawed, their delayed reaction surprised researchers.
'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs - Live Science
In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.
Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz - Space
"Sometimes, a pair of events contains a warning, if you are able to see it."
The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought - Live Science
Recent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that's true, then the universe could end much sooner than we thought, new research suggests.
Fiery Fall Color in Southern Chile - NASA Science (.gov)
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
Brain Scans Reveal a Surprise About Neanderthal Intelligence - ScienceAlert
In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never seen before – not in "existing European stocks", he wrote, or "even in the most barbarous races." The curious cranium had been unearthed…
NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission - ScienceAlert
The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.
A Stark Image of the Destruction of the Night Sky - Daily Kos
This is a pic of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), trapped in a celestial cage of light streaks formed by LEO satellites racing across the sky in this 10-minute exposure image. It is a stark example of how…