How ancient flying reptiles ruled the skies: Study uncovers pterosaur tail structures that enhanced flight capabilities
Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...
The Titanosaur Family Was the Largest to Ever Roam Earth
That's the titanosaur, one of the largest land animals to ever exist, dwarfing nearly everything around it. Roaming the planet during the Late Cretaceous period — approximately 100 million years ago — ...
Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth — How To See It
Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week. Here's what to expect.
One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?
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SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight
SpaceX’s most ambitious Starship flight yet will see reused hardware, the deployment of 10 fake satellites and another ...
JAXA's first wooden satellite deploys from space station
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a ...
NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots
Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...
UFO Sightings Are Putting Airline Pilots in Danger—But Scientists Have Designed a Groundbreaking Solution
Pilots don’t have real-time data about the thousands of low-orbit, sun-reflecting objects zooming around Earth. There’s a fix ...