NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere […]
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Solitary Pumas Turn Out to Be Mountain Lions Who Lunch ...
After tracking 13 pumas at feeding spots in Wyoming for three years, researchers mapped complex social networks of […]
The Dirty Secrets Saved in Dead Birds’ Feathers by JOANNA ...
The feathers of birds preserved in natural history museum collections record changes to historical air quality across America’s […]
Star Cluster NGC 362 from Hubble
If our Sun were near the center of NGC 362, the night sky would glow like a jewel […]
A Surprise From the Supervolcano Under Yellowstone by SHANNON HALL
The conditions that lead to supereruptions can emerge within a single human lifetime, according to a study of […]
Can Rabbits Escape Roadkill? by C. CLAIBORNE RAY
While they are speedy and can look in both directions, rabbits are not immune to highway death. Published: […]
Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles
What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock […]
Why Stanford Researchers Tried to Create a ‘Gaydar’ Machine by ...
Scientists worried that facial recognition software could be used to detect sexual orientation. Their efforts to raise an […]
Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres
What created this unusual mountain? Ahuna Mons is the largest mountain on the largest known asteroid in our […]
Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now […]