The map was generated using data collected by the Gaia telescope, located 930,000 miles from Earth.ESA/Gaia/DPACA map of the motion of 2 billion stars as they careen throughout the Milky Way.
In a feat of cosmic proportions, astronomers have generated the most detailed atlas of the Milky Way yet — and it’s in 3D.
Compiled from data gathered by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia observatory, which has been clocking the cosmos since 2013, the exhaustive star map will give astronomers clues as to how exactly our home solar system formed some 4. Read More...
The shipwrecks found off the coast of Kasos range from a ship that sank in 3000 B.C.E. to one that went down during World War II.GMinistry of Culture, photo by N. KoukoulasThis stone anchor from the Greek Archaic period (8th century B.C.E. through the 5th century B.C.E.) was just one of the many incredible finds.
Using a copy of the Iliad as a guide, an underwater archaeological team in Greece made an astounding discovery: a shipwreck graveyard off the coast of Kasos in the Aegean Sea that contains 10 vessels. Read More...
Glass Beach's glittering "sands" are testament to the transformational powers of time and nature, explore them with these beautiful photos.Beaches usually conjure up images of roiling waves, vast expanses of sand, and an occasional seagull squawking as it combs the shoreline. Yet traipse over to Glass Beach, one of three beaches in Fort Bragg, California, and that image changes. Here, colorful beds of sea glass blanket the ground, its small, smooth “pebbles” bright as gemstones. Read More...
