A Frozen Moon With a Hidden Ocean
A Frozen Moon With a Hidden Ocean At first glance, Europa looks dead. A frozen moon orbiting Jupiter: But beneath…
The Dinosaur That Broke the Rules
The Dinosaur That Broke the Rules Most people imagine predatory dinosaurs as land animals: Then there is Spinosaurus: Spinosaurus is…
The Sea Monster That Was Real
The Sea Monster That Was Real For centuries, sailors told stories of giant tentacled creatures rising from the sea: The…
The Shark That Made the Ocean Feel Too Small
The Shark That Made the Ocean Feel Too Small Long before humans crossed oceans, before ships, submarines, or sonar, Earth’s…
A visitor from outside the solar system
A visitor from outside the solar system Most comets belong to our solar system. They orbit the Sun, return over…
The survivor nobody would bet on
The survivor nobody would bet on When people imagine the end of the dinosaurs, they picture giants falling. But the…
A fossil that looked like a mistake
A fossil that looked like a mistake When scientists first looked at the jaw of Tanyka amnicola, it seemed almost…
The impossible-sounding fossil clue
The impossible-sounding fossil clue For decades, many scientists assumed dinosaur fossils were basically stone. The original biological material was thought…
A skull that almost never survives
A skull that almost never survives Stegosaurs are famous because of their plates. But their skulls? That is where the…
A familiar shape in an alien place
A familiar shape in an alien place NASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured an image on Mars that looks weirdly familiar….