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Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

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 IC 1396, Elephant's Trunk

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Marius van Boordt, "The Consecration"

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Beaver supermoon.

(November 15, 2024)

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The past is packed with monsters! Behemoths by the dozen! Let’s meet these fossils! (and their less colossal modern cousins)

Earth’s ancient history is full of giant versions of modern animals. Evolutionary forces (competition for resources, changes in climate) pushed these species to become incredibly large. And I’m not just talking about giant dinosaurs - there were huge mammals and marsupials too. 

A lot of these giants lived in the Pleistocene, an epoch stretching from around 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago. Mysteriously, the extinction of many of these animals coincides with humanity’s arrival as a dominant predator.

Watch a video / listen to a poem about these prehistoric monsters.

Illustrations by Mary McLain

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Every day is a reason to celebrate 🥂🥳

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Vega, The Star at the Center of Everything

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Skeletal sci-fi art by Takuro Kamiya, Bruce Pennington, Alberto Pujolar, and Angus McKie.

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Black & white illustrations by Moebius‬. Reference for some of these: doorofperception.com

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Europa Clipper is a space mission crafted with one overarching goal: determine if Jupiter’s ocean moon, Europa, has conditions suitable for life. Watch launch live on Oct. 14 as the largest uncrewed spacecraft we've ever built begins its journey into the solar system.

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