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A new book from Taschen titled The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel outlines the 19th-century artist-biologist’s most important visual works and publications across a hefty 704 pages. The compendium includes 450 drawings, watercolors, and sketches from his research, which was in large support of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Most notably …

The last time any nation put boots or, rather, little metal feet, on the Moon remained in 2013, when China landed its Yutu rover there. Prior to that, you ‘d need to recall to the 1970s to find anything developed by Earthlings that encamped on the surface area of the …

likewisein a few separated spots in both the bottom and ideal locations of the image.” You can see some of the storms casting shadows here. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/ Seán Doran The image was snapped by the JunoCam instrument onboard the Juno spacecraft. This has actually been accountable for plenty of …

Most Blue Moons are not blue in color. This image of a moon among fast-moving clouds was created using special filters. Image by means of However, that fortuitous oversight brought to life a brand-new and completely easy to understand meaning for Blue Moon.EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd come across a copy of …

In December 2017, Mars and Jupiter can be seen quickly prior to dawn. Venus is so low in the sky prior to sunrise that you’ll have to brighter object.Venus (deep intwilight )and Jupiter(above)increasing on November 23, 2017 above El Teide, a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain by …

SpaceX has been flying the Falcon 9 for several years, and the next step is the Falcon Heavy, a launch vehicle with enough power to take payloads to the moon, Mars, and beyond. As recently as a few weeks ago, SpaceX has been talking about a 2017 date for the …

An international team of paleontologists has discovered a fossil-rich site with more than 200 fossilized eggs of the Cretaceous pterosaur species Hamipterus tianshanensis in China. Life restoration of Hamipterus tianshanensis. Image credit: Chuang Zhao. To date, only a small handful of pterosaur eggs with a well-preserved 3D structure and embryo …

An international group of biologists from Israel and Sweden has obtained a detailed view of a scallop’s visual system — an arrangement of up to 200 eyes they say is strikingly similar to a reflecting telescope. Palmer et al found that spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through precise …

Apple pitched the Apple Watch not only as a companion for your phone, but as a way to track your personal health stats throughout the day. A smartwatch might be fine for personal step counting and heart rate analysis, but it’s hard to get approval from regulators to sell a …

A study published this week in the journal Palaeontology has revealed new details about feathers of the chicken-sized, feathered, bird-like dinosaur Anchiornis. A new depiction of Anchiornis and its contour feather. Image credit: Rebecca Gelernter. Anchiornis lived in what is now northeastern China during the Jurassic period, about 160 million …