Hubble Discovers a Mysterious 10-Sided Wave Forming on Saturn
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“NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a large, evolving atmospheric wave with ten sides circling Saturn's south pole.”
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A Geologist in California Found Something Strange Sticking Out of a Creek. A Reverse Image Search Told Her It Was an Ancient Mastodon Tooth
A geologist discovered an unusual object protruding from a creek bed in California and used a reverse image search to identify it as a tooth from an extinct mastodon.
History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us
Archaeologists at Oued Beht in Morocco have uncovered a substantial ancient structure dating to the second millennium BC. The find suggests that local communities were more active in environmental shaping and Mediterranean trade networks than previously known.
Firefighters Discover Ancient Stone Face in Kazakhstan
While on a routine patrol, firefighters in Kazakhstan stumbled upon an ancient stone carving of a face. Experts believe the relic could date back to the Bronze Age.
On this day in space! Sept. 15, 1968: Russian tortoises (& other critters) launch around the moon on Zond 5 spacecraft in wild first circumlunar flight
In 1968, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 5 spacecraft, which carried tortoises and other animals on a mission to loop around the moon and return to Earth.