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Celebrate the 27th annual Earth Science Week October 13 - 19!
It’s a mastodon, not a mammoth! 🦣
The end-Pleistocene megafauna extinctions were tragic but provide a valuable lesson that can be applied to modern day conservation.
You can learn more about this Fossil Friday Feature at bit.ly/pleistocene-mastodon, and don’t forget - we’ll be highlighting a different fossil from the Paleontological Research Institution’s (Museum of the Earth) 3D model collection each week! So be sure to tune back in next for more 🦴
In the meantime, feel free to peruse their collection and let us know in the comments which fossils you’d like us to feature 👉 www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/VC/
06/30/2026
☄️ June 30th is International Asteroid Day + World Meteor Watch Day!
Two cosmic observances, one big reminder: space rocks are real, they hit Earth, and watching the skies matters 💫🤩
Today marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event, the largest asteroid impact in recorded history, when an asteroid exploded over Siberia and flattened 2,000 square kilometers of forest 😳🤯
Tonight, step outside and look 🆙
The universe is putting on a show, and planetary scientists are watching with you 🔭
🔗 Learn the difference between asteroids and meteors at: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-or-meteor/en/
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