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  • Giant ‘spider’ right in the middle of Europa’s Manannán crater proof of water? Scientists say…

    Giant ‘spider’ right in the middle of Europa’s Manannán crater proof of water? Scientists say…

    Scientists have discovered a spider on Jupiter’s moon Europa, which seems to have been formed when salty water erupted to the surface following an impact that gouged a crater. The Manannán crater was recently studied by researchers from the…

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  • Wild things we learned about Earth in 2025

    Wild things we learned about Earth in 2025

    Billions of years ago, Earth was an uninhabitable rock covered in magma. Scientists are still working to decipher the tale of how it transformed into a blue and green orb teeming with life.

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  • Webb reveals a hazy world that shows not all planet twins are identical

    Webb reveals a hazy world that shows not all planet twins are identical

    Astronomers from the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the Université de Montréal have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover the surprising nature of a world that looked, at…

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  • Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world

    Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world

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    Name: Lchashen wagon

    What it is: An oak wagon

    Where it is from: Lchashen village, Armenia

    When it was made: Circa 1500 B.C.

    Covered wagons are often associated with the Old West. But the best-preserved example of an ancient covered wagon…

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  • 13 must-see moon events in 2026 — Eclipses, supermoons, conjunctions and more

    13 must-see moon events in 2026 — Eclipses, supermoons, conjunctions and more

    A bevy of supermoons, a dramatic total solar eclipse and a “blood moon” total lunar eclipse are some of the highlights of the coming lunar year, which will also include plenty of beautiful close conjunctions of the crescent moon and…

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  • Largest ‘nephrite jade’ deposit on Earth is discovered in China Earth.com

    Largest ‘nephrite jade’ deposit on Earth is discovered in China Earth.com

    Beneath the dry hills of southern Xinjiang, geologists have identified a new source of intensely dark black jade called nephrite. The Margou deposit sits along a jade belt about 800 miles (1300 kilometers) long, and its black nephrite blocks look…

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  • Stunning lunar eclipse photos show blood moon dazzling in Florida sky

    Stunning lunar eclipse photos show blood moon dazzling in Florida sky

    A “blood moon” dazzled parts of Earth for the second time in September 2025, although much of the United States could not catch a glimpse of the lunar eclipse.

    A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon and Earth align, allowing the moon to pass…

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