Around 95 million years ago, a Spinosaurus dinosaur with a tall, blade-like crest on its head and a large sail on its back lived in what is now Niger, a new study finds.
The newfound species, which the researchers have named Spinosaurus…

Around 95 million years ago, a Spinosaurus dinosaur with a tall, blade-like crest on its head and a large sail on its back lived in what is now Niger, a new study finds.
The newfound species, which the researchers have named Spinosaurus…

February 19, 2026
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Our solar system is surrounded by weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why
A study published today helps explain how “planetesimals”—the building blocks of…

A new Spinosaurus species has been unearthed from the Saharan desert, and its skull bears a magnificent crest never seen before on this kind of dinosaur.
Paleontologists have named it Spinosaurus mirabilis, meaning ‘wonderful spine lizard’. We…

For the first time since the early 20th century, indisputable evidence of a new species of Spinosaurus has been found.
This latest discovery, made by a 20-person team led by the University of Chicago’s Paul Sereno, includes jaw fragments,…

February 20, 2026
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Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell
Spinosaurus mirabilis was a force to be reckoned with

Spinosaurus mirabilis waded away from…

February 19, 2026
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China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine
This gravity-defying machine appears to work much like a ground-based wind turbine—but in the air

The recent image of the Falcon 9 rocket’s plume, captured during NASA’s Crew-12 mission launch, has taken the world by storm. The stunning nebula-like pattern, a byproduct of the rocket’s intense exhaust, offers a glimpse into the…

At the start of the month, Elon Musk announced that two of his companies — SpaceX and xAI — were merging, and would jointly launch a constellation of 1 million satellites to operate as orbital data centers. Musk’s reputation might suggest…

Solar flares often disrupt Earth’s upper atmosphere and help power stunning auroras. Now, scientists suggest those same bursts of solar energy might also influence earthquakes.
When a solar flare erupts toward our planet, it can subtly rearrange…

NASA and contractor engineers pumped more than 750,000 gallons of supercold propellants into the agency’s huge Space Launch System rocket Thursday without any signs of hydrogen leaks in a major step toward launching four astronauts on a…