Our love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years
Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years ago. Although, we are still not…
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Bizarro salamander ancestor was an evolutionary oddball
There are quite a few animals considered “living fossils” in today’s world. Once thought extinct, the prehistoric coelacanth has continuously swam through Earth’s oceans since the time of the dinosaurs.…
La NASA refuerza Artemis: añade una misión y perfecciona su arquitectura general
La Luna se eleva detrás del cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial y la nave espacial Orion de la misiĂłn Artemis II de la NASA, situados sobre una plataforma mĂłvil de…
NASA Strengthens Artemis: Adds Mission, Refines Overall ArchitectureÂ
The Moon rises behind NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
Artemis II: What’s on the Menu?
NASA The food flying aboard Artemis II is designed to support crew health and performance during the mission around the Moon. With no resupply, refrigeration, or late-load capability, all meals…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4818-4824: Thinking Out of the Boxwork
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
NASA Invites Proposals to Lease Land Parcels at Sandusky Facility
The Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, shown here in September 2024. Armstrong Test Facility sits on 6,400 acres of…
2,500-year-old settlement found during fire station construction
While a recent Iron Age discovery in northern Germany is proving itself an archaeological goldmine, local firefighters might be a bit annoyed by the find. According to the Regional Association…
Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
We can’t launch our trash into the sun. But why?
If you’ve spent any time on the Earth in the last 50 years or so, you might have noticed a lot of trash laying around…with less and less space to,…