Suddenly, they were no longer portents of doom, and we could predict the heavens.
Looking at fossilized Diplodocus scales revealed a melanosome mystery.
GRB 250314A looks “exactly like modern supernovae”, and that, in itself, is a little unexpected.
Lurking further from its stars than Neptune is from the Sun, this is no inner planet, but it’s…

Seems like a normal toad, and then the babies emerge.
It shuffled into the IUCN’s “Extinct” category along with 5 other species in a 2025 update.