New research shows a female humpback whale staying beside a stillborn calf for hours, offering rare evidence of grief‑related behavior in the species.
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A newly formed 222‑meter crater named McGetchin, discovered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, offers a rare, pristine impact site for lunar science.
Computer simulations indicate that Venus' slow rotation and tidal interactions would have caused any early moon to spiral inward and be destroyed, eliminating the need for a later catastrophic event.
Underwater video captured a humpback whale repeatedly attending a motionless newborn calf off the Gold Coast, marking the first detailed record of such post‑mortem care in a baleen whale.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified a fresh crater on the Moon that measures about 728 feet across—larger than the Roman Colosseum—providing a rare glimpse of a recent impact.
A feather preserved in a Montana coprolite offers new clues about why only one lineage of ancient birds survived the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.
NASA says the Roman Space Telescope’s propellant will support at least 22 years of science, doubling the agency’s original lifetime estimate.
JWST observations reveal that Chariklo’s inner ring has become more opaque while its outer ring has faded, suggesting rapid changes in the distant centaur’s ring system.
An international team behind the LZ detector observed a single high‑energy event in June 2023 that has a 0.5% chance of being background noise, sparking cautious optimism about a possible dark‑matter interaction.
A newly described 7‑meter trackway in North Dakota provides the first confirmed footprints of an adult Tyrannosaurus rex, shedding light on the dinosaur's walking speed and behavior.