728 feet wideWeird but True
A routine map check found a new 728-foot crater on the Moon
McGetchin crater formed in spring 2024, but scientists found it later in a change map. The impact also left a 4-mile nighttime cold spot.
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728 feet wide
A lava lake under the iceWeird but True
The red speck on this frozen island marks one of Earth’s rare persistent lava lakes
Landsat found heat at Mount Michael’s summit on August 24. Eight days later, the same volcano drew a V-shaped wake through the clouds.
Details as small as 0.8 milesWeird but True
Pluto’s famous heart holds two geologically different landscapes. Enhanced color makes the divide hard to miss
A New Horizons portrait shows that Pluto’s bright heart shape contains two geologically different regions, including an unusually smooth western lobe.
210 by 140 light-yearsWeird but True
Hubble's new N44 portrait holds nearly half a million stars and one enormous hollow
The vast cavity was carved by stellar winds and supernovae. Along its compressed rim, another generation of stars is taking shape.
Ten sides at the south poleWeird but True
Saturn already had a hexagon. Now astronomers have found a decagon at the other pole
The ten-sided atmospheric wave was faint in 2023, clearer in 2024 and unmistakable in 2025. Scientists still do not know how long it will last.
52.5 centimetersWeird but True
One gardener has broken the longest chili record three times. His latest reached 52.5 centimeters
Jürg Wiesli started at 45 centimeters in 2017, reached 50.5 a year later and returned with a longer cayenne in 2026.