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Dogs

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NGC 3938 is a face-on spiral galaxy whose orientation gives us an unobstructed view of its disk. X-ray emissions from Chandra (magenta) detail energetic X-ray binaries and supernova remnants scattered across dust lanes in an optical image (white, blue and gold) from Adam Block with Mt. Lemmon Observatory. Face-on orientations are important for galactic studies because they provide the most unobstructed views of a galaxy’s stars and gas.
Solar System

16 glistening galaxies shine in new images form NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory

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Birds

Tweet! Here are the winners of the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

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Dogs

Say hello to the TSA’s Cutest Canine of 2026

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a small mammal with pink skin and large teeth called a naked mole rat pokes out of a burrow
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Naked mole rats make their own perfume—and it’s excellent birth control

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Yellowstone eruption, illustration. Yellowstone National Park in America is sited above an underground magma chamber. It is, in effect, a potential supervolcano. This illustration shows a section through the Earth during an eruption.
Ask Us Anything

How likely is a Yellowstone ‘supervolcano’ eruption today?

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Biology

11 stunning images celebrating Earth’s life—and the scientists who study it

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Bears

Bear dies after getting trapped in hot car

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Environment

All-terrain wheelchair debuts at Zion National Park

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Wildlife

10 moving images from the International Nature Photography Festival

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Southern elephant seal pups explore shallow rock pools
Ocean

20 magnificent finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards

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Egyptian curator Ibrahim El-Nawawy examines the gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamun at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, April 6th 1977. The mask is one of 55 treasures from the Pharaoh's tomb that will go on display on April 15th. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

King Tut was buried with more than a hundred pairs of underwear—all tailored to fit his massive butt 

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Birds

Jackie the bald eagle is ‘unstable’

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a tiger shark attacks a sea turtle
Wildlife

16 gorgeous images from the 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year Awards

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Sun

4 sunscreen myths too many people still get wrong

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Bears

Mother bear kills cub in second tragic incident at Brooks River

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dog flies through the air to catch a toy
Pets

35 delightful images from the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Nursing babies spit backwash into the breast—and that’s a good thing 

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Wildlife

18 stunning wildlife images from the Mangrove Photography Awards

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two bald eagles and their chicks
Birds

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise $10 million to save habitat

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