For the first time, astronomers witnessed a gigantic exoplanet dramatically vanish from view. But the “hot Jupiter” located about 1,000 light-years from Earth didn’t evaporate into the vacuum of space. Instead, the gravitational pull from an uncomfortably close neighbor is causing TOI-2535 b to wobble in its orbit thanks to the same dynamics dictating solar
About 10,000 years ago, a Neolithic culture in the southern Levant known as the Natufians became some of the first nomadic hunter-gatherers to transition towards agriculture. But even before this monumental lifestyle shift, members of the prehistoric community were already crafting symbolic figures from clay. What’s more, archaeologists say more than 150 recently discovered artifacts
Despite both species being bears, black bears (Ursus americanus) typically won’t go to areas that brown bears (Ursus arctos) frequent. For one, brown bears are bigger, at 600 to 900 pounds to the black bear’s average of 90 to 500 pounds. Despite her large stature (and award-winning butt), a mother bear in Tongass National Forest
Word to the wise: don’t mess with Shadow’s nest. For the first time in two weeks, the internet-famous bald eagle’s (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) vocals were heard on the camera that captures a 24/7 livestream of his nest in Southern California. Shadow’s potentially new partner Kaydee was also heard nearby and she landed on the nest. However,
A pair of California-based engineers have built what they say may be the largest Game Boy Color ever. Standing more than nine feet and weighing around 300 pounds, the Pokémon-yellow goliath requires a U-Haul to transport and took over 1,500 collective hours in a makerspace to create. And it isn’t just for show. The giant
We’ll call him mellow yellow. An “exceptionally rare” yellow-colored burbot (Lota lota) was recently caught by a team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologists in Oswego Harbor on Lake Ontario in Upstate New York. Fish Biologist Jake Cochran displays the uniquely colored burbot collected in Owego Harbor, NY. Image: Brian Weidel/USGS Burbots are