Ancient Egyptians were an archaeologist’s dream. They left behind intricate coffins, massive pyramids and gorgeous hieroglyphs, the pictorial writing code cracked in 1799.
Robert Bigelow in 2013, standing in front of the BEAM habitat module currently on the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images.
Diversity of colours and species of Acropora discovered within a New Caledonian mangrove system. Credit: Steph Gardner. Searching for corals where they shouldn’t be found has become an urgent quest for marine biologist Dr Emma Camp.
Pale zones called “halos” border bedrock fractures visible in this 2015 image from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Measurements overlaid on the image offer a sense of scale for the size of these fractures.
Spectacular new images captured by NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft show fluffy-looking white clouds casting their comparably tiny shadows on the giant planet’s monstrous, multicolored cloud decks.
This unprocessed image from Cassini’s camera taken Sunday shows Saturn (upper right) and a portion of the planet’s rings refracted through Saturn’s atmosphere.
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