The world’s biggest colony of king penguins is found in the National Nature Reserve of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF). Using high-resolution satellite images, researchers have detected a …read more Source:: Science
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Astronomers produce first detailed images of surface of giant star
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An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of a giant star outside our solar system, revealing a nearly circular, dust-free atmosphere with complex …read more Source:: Science
Solving the mystery of Pluto’s giant blades of ice
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NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were images of strange formations resembling giant …read more Source:: Science
Cassini beams back first images from new orbit
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn’s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission. The new images show scenes from high above Saturn’s …read more Source:: Science
What’s up with Madagascar?
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The island of Madagascar off the coast of Africa was largely unexplored seismically until recently. The first broadband seismic images of the island help solve a longstanding mystery: why are …read more Source:: Science
Australian tracking station to get first new images of Pluto
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A space tracking station surrounded by cows in an Australian valley will on Tuesday become the first place in the world to get close-up images of Pluto, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews