National Park Visitors Get 10 Free Entry Days in 2026 — Here’s the Full List of Dates and Occasions
The fee-free days are part of the 'America is Beautiful' initiative that also involves a new design for the visitors' annual passes
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Experts Discover a 75-Million-Year-Old Fossil— Turns Out, It's a New Dinosaur Species
Duck-billed dinosaurs belonged to the 'hadrosaurus' category of herbivorous dinosaurs that roamed prehistoric wetlands.
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Scientists Discover Massive Spinning Structure in Space — and It's More Than 5 Million Light-Years Long
Researchers made this discovery while they were studying the filament with the MeerKAT radio telescope.
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Death Valley Comes Alive With the Re-Emergence of a Rare Lake
Until about August 2023, the basin was devoid of water and was a flat plain spattered with bone-dry salts.
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One of the Biggest Celestial Events of 2025 Sets Off This Week— How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower
The sparkling display of shooting stars will be at its peak between December 13 and December 14.
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A Whale Spotted in Boston Looked Oddly Familiar — Turns Out, It Swam 3,000 Miles From Ireland
The mammal that scientists spotted during an aerial survey in Boston turned out to be a North Atlantic right whale, the same one seen in Ireland in 2024.
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Satellites Are 'Photobombing' Space Images — and Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm
Currently, there are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. In the next 10 years, the number could increase tenfold, raising 'light pollution' concerns.
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Gold Grows on Christmas Trees? Experts Discover This Hidden Treasure Sprouting in Spruce Needles
The needles of these trees are dripping with gold particles that are not visible to a naked eye.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Reopens Major Roads After Heavy Snow Shut Access
While some roads remain closed for the winter, with Christmas approaching, the reopening of these key routes is good news for visitors.
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Grand Canyon National Park Is Facing a Water Shortage — and Its Hotels Are Closing
After the Dragon Bravo Fire charred up the North Rim, the South Rim started experiencing problems with the water supply.
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AI Finds Tiny Yellowstone Quakes Once Missed by Scientists, Revealing Hidden Swarm Patterns
Some earthquakes are easily detectable, while others are too subtle to be felt by humans standing above.
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Right Before Crashing Into the Moon, a Spacecraft Captured a Stunning Photo of Earth
This was the second moon landing mission organized by the Japanese startup that concluded with a failure, except this photograph and a tiny hut.
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Scientists Claim Asteroid Bennu Contains All Essential Elements of Life
As per the official reports, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission first collected samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020.
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NASA Spots a Mysterious Object Racing 1 Million Miles per Hour — And It May Be Exiting the Milky Way
Scientists speculate that the mysterious celestial object could have been ejected by a black hole.
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A Massive Tsunami Swept the Pacific — And NASA's Satellite Mapped the Giant Wave's Geometry
The tsunami struck Russia's Kuril-Kamchatka Peninsula 70 minutes after a 8.8 earthquake.
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Experts Reveal Cracks in Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' are Causing Faster-Than-Expected Collapse
Scientists believe this pattern of weakening could be an early warning for other Antarctic ice shelves as well.
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The Sun Just Unleashed a Powerful X-Class Flare — And Even Southern US States Might See Auroras
The flare might just inspire a display of Northern Lights even in Illinois, Oregon, Alabama, and Northern California.
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Last Supermoon of The Year Set to Light Up the Sky This Week — When and How to Watch It
People can catch the final supermoon of 2025, also known as 'cold moon,' on December 4.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Ejects Enormous ‘Ice Volcanoes’ as It Departs From the Sun
Comet 3I/ATLAS was first spotted by telescopes in July. Ever since then, it has stirred a furor of excitement and mystery among scientists.
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Death Valley Visitors Cautioned as National Park to Experience Record-Breaking Freeze Temperatures
The temperature could sink below 30 degrees, which may cause visitors to experience frost bites or freezing chills.
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