Science
September 28, 2024

Mesmerizing Video of Show How Earth’s Tectonic Plates Move Over 1.8 Billion Years

In grade school, you likely learned that Earth's crust is split into tectonic plates. These plates move slowly each day, imperceptible to us, but they create such impressive and obvious features as the Himalayan mountains and the Mariana Trench. But the science of plate tectonics have a lot more to teach us than how Pangea became our present-day continents.

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Astronomy
September 27, 2024

Detailed Milky Way Map Shows Hidden Parts of Our Galaxy

Astronomers have published the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way. With over 200,000 images taken by ESO‘s VISTA telescope, this map is a breakthrough that gives astronomers new insight into our galaxy. The telescope, located in Chile, is used to map large portions of the sky. Thanks to its infrared camera, VIRCAM, which can see through the Milky Way's dust and gas, astronomers can see into hidden areas.

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Wildlife Photography
September 27, 2024

Fire Analyst Took “the Most Beautiful Wildfire Photo” of Two Elk Escaping a Raging Forest Fire

On August 6, 2000, fire behavior analyst John McColgan happened to be in the right place at the right time, leading him to take what has been called “the most beautiful wildfire picture ever taken.” Captured in Montana on the East Fork of the Bitterroot River on the Sula Complex, Bitterroot National Forest, Elk Bath shows two Rocky Mountain elk standing in a river to escape the raging fire.

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Environment
September 26, 2024

Thousands Flock to Dr. Jane Goodall’s Lectures Around the U.S. To Hear Her Words of Wisdom About Conservation

Rockstars aren't the only ones that draw thousands of people to large venues just to hear their voices. At age 90, famed conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall has just gone on a U.S. tour, speaking in front of large crowds about her lifelong mission to protect vulnerable species and ecosystems, as well as her hopes for the future.

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