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For the first time, astronomers have created a new map of the Milky Way using young stars to chart the galaxy’s gas structure. This breakthrough, led by Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti of The University of ...
The Deepest Map Laura Trethewey Harper Wave, $32. In 2019, the multimillionaire and explorer Victor Vescovo made headlines when he became the first person to visit the deepest parts of all five of ...
Laura Trethewey’s “The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race To Chart the World’s Oceans” introduces this human-interest story as a way to kick off a much larger discussion about humanity’s ...
The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It ...
The REAL map of the world: Clever 'to scale' chart reveals the true size of Earth's countries (and Russia, Canada and Greenland are MUCH smaller than you think!) ...
Archaeology World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees Cosmology James Webb telescope unveils largest-ever map of the universe ...
Utilizing advanced imaging techniques, researchers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories determined that the star chart dates to approximately 355 BCE, which is over two centuries ...
The London Underground map has been given a makeover - and its creator claims the new version is more geographically accurate than Transport for London's (TfL's) original.
Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat?
These Scientists Say They’ve Identified the Oldest Known Star Chart in the World A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E.