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A large field of sand dunes located alongside the village of Oyyl in the Kazakh Steppe bears a striking resemblance to a giant slug. (Image credit: NASA/ISS program) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Oyyl dune field, Kazakhstan [49.0485097, 54.776320616] What’s in the photo? A large field of sand dunes in the shape of a slug Who took the photo? An …

A pile of garden stones on Australia’s Central Coast held more than landscaping material. Inside one slab lay an ancient Arenaerpeton fossil, also known as a Chinese Giant Salamander, that dates back 240 million years. This amphibian fossil, very well-preserved with skin outlines and an almost complete skeleton, was tucked away for decades before anyone realized what it was. …

A recent discovery in Lake Huron captured the attention of scientists and the public alike after wildlife officials came across what appeared to be a massive, gelatinous blob floating in the water. According to Yahoo News, the find was so bizarre in appearance that it was jokingly referred to as a “cursed gummy bear” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife …

New research suggests we may live in a vast cosmic void, a region with far fewer galaxies and matter than expected. This finding could explain why the universe around us seems to be expanding faster than models predict, a puzzle known as the Hubble tension. Credit: SciTechDaily.com New data on baryon acoustic oscillations strengthen the case for a local cosmic …

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket took to the skies for the 10th time ever today (Aug. 26), on a bold test flight that marked a big bounceback from recent failures. Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas today at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT; 6:30 p.m. local Texas time). That was …

Running two days late, SpaceX finally launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday on a high-stakes return-to-flight after three catastrophic failures in a row earlier this year. The Super Heavy booster’s 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines flashed to life with a ground-shaking roar and a rush of flaming exhaust at 7:30 p.m. ET, majestically pushing the 40-story-tall rocket away from SpaceX’s …

In a groundbreaking discovery reported by CGTN, paleontologists in Zhucheng, China, have unearthed a massive tyrannosaur fossil that could rival “Sue,” the largest T. rex. The find, including a giant thigh bone and vertebra, suggests a creature over 12 meters long, potentially reshaping our understanding of dinosaur origins. The Zhuchengtyrannus Magnus Discovery The recent fossil discovery includes a remarkable thigh …

Jupiter holds secrets at its heart that continue to puzzle scientists. The largest planet in our Solar System has what researchers call a “dilute core,” a central region that doesn’t have sharp boundaries like once expected. Instead of a distinct rocky centre surrounded by layers of gas, Jupiter’s core gradually blends into the hydrogen-rich layers above it, creating a smooth …

A nearby star has a new heavyweight companion, and it swings around on a path that is anything but neat. The world, labeled GJ 2126 b, traces a stretched orbit that pushes close to its star, then races far away again. In new observations, researchers identified a giant world 124 light years away that circles its star every 272.7 days …

Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of staggering scale, a deep ecosystem brimming with billions of microorganisms. Its astonishing diversity has earned it the nickname the “subterranean Galapagos” and suggests that its genetic richness may rival or even surpass life above ground. Presenting their work at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting in 2018, the researchers calculated the size …