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How to Watch Mercury Transit the Sun
On Monday, you can witness Mercury in motion as the tiny planet waltzes across the face of the sun. This celestial dance, known as the transit of Mercury, last occurred in 2016 and will not happen again until 2032. North American skywatchers will have to wait until 2049 for an encore.
Colorado Fossils Show How Mammals Raced to Fill Dinosaurs' Void
Some 66 million years ago, mammals caught their lucky break. An asteroid crashed into what is now Chicxulub, Mexico, and set off a catastrophic chain of events that led to the annihilation of nonavian dinosaurs. That day began their furry ascension to the top of a brave new world, the one from which our species would one day emerge. But little is known about the time period directly after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, or K-Pg event, because the fossil record is lacking.
What Was Kept in This Stone Age Meat Locker? Bone Marrow
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Perseids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies
All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky, you might be able to catch a glimpse.
Tiny Tyrannosaur Hints at How T. Rex Became King
(Trilobites)And You Thought the Platypus Was Odd
(Trilobites)How to Watch the Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon on Sunday Night
Skygazers across the Western Hemisphere will be treated to celestial eye candy on Sunday night into early Monday morning as the full moon turns coppery red during a total lunar eclipse. It will be the only total lunar eclipse of the year, and that in itself should be reason enough to stay up late and marvel as the moon gets swallowed by Earth’s shadow.How to Watch the Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon on Sunday Night
Skygazers across the Western Hemisphere will be treated to celestial eye candy on Sunday night into early Monday morning as the full moon turns coppery red during a total lunar eclipse. It will be the only total lunar eclipse of the year, and that in itself should be reason enough to stay up late and marvel as the moon gets swallowed by Earth’s shadow.Meteor Showers That Will Light Up Night Skies in 2019
All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky, you might be able to catch one.Meteor Showers That Will Light Up Night Skies in 2019
All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to catch one.Feathers and Fur Fly Over Pterosaur Fossil Finding
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The Eta Aquariids meteor shower will peak in night skies
All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you are lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse.
The lyrids meteor shower will peak in night skies
All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse.
Fossils are filling out the human family tree
Homo sapiens is a pretty impressive species. We built the pyramids, landed on the moon and connected the internet. All of our successes are the fortunate result of a tremendous evolutionary journey from ape to the hominins who would become modern humans.
DNA clues to an ancient Canary Islands voyage
Today the Canary Islands are a tourist hub, a volcanic archipelago with palm trees and azure beaches, located off the coast of Morocco and governed by Spain. But the history of this paradise is marred by the brutal conquest, enslavement and treatment of its indigenous people by European colonizers beginning around the 15th century.
Massacre of children in Peru might have been a sacrifice to stop bad weather
Buried beneath the sands of a 15th-century site called Huanchaquito-Las Llamas were nearly 140 child skeletons, as well as the remains of 200 llamas.
Birds of a feather may stick together, but this bird's foot got stuck in amber
“I noticed that there was a very small bird foot in one of the beads, which made me very excited,” said Xing, who works at the China University of Geosciences in Beijing.
