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Dust devils' subtle trails across Mars revealed in bold blue

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Dust devils' subtle trails across Mars revealed in bold blue

The Martian surface is criss-crossed by little whirlwinds that swirl through its thin atmosphere. Their tracks are revealed in this striking infrared image taken by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

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Bearbnb: Polar bears make themselves at home in abandoned village

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Bearbnb: Polar bears make themselves at home in abandoned village

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Shackleton exhibition showcases the power of Antarctic photography

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Shackleton exhibition showcases the power of Antarctic photography

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Glorious photos of garden-variety wildlife vie for international prize

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Glorious photos of garden-variety wildlife vie for international prize

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New penguin colonies not previously known to science have been found in the Antarctic by researchers from Stony Brook University. These include a new gentoo penguin colony never before recorded at Andersson Island, on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula. This is one of the southmost records for Gentoo penguins breeding on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, where until recently it was far too icy for the more temperate Gentoo penguin to successfully raise chicks. Before this discovery, only one solitary Gentoo nest had been found this far south, but researchers have now discovered a colony of 75 gentoo nests.

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New colony of gentoo penguins discovered on Antarctic Peninsula

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Environment

Lithium fields: Beautiful from the air, trouble on the ground

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Fascinating objects illuminate the European Space Agency's history

Space

Fascinating objects illuminate the European Space Agency's history

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Bottom view of the LEGEND-200 liquid argon cryostat and the enclosing water tank. The inner walls of the water tank and the outer wall of the cryostat are covered with a wavelength-shifting mirror film. The purpose is to shift and reflect the light produced by muons via the Cherenkov effect in the water. The photons are detected by photosensors. The purpose of this detector component is to detect and identify cosmic ray muons, some of which still reach the experiment despite being located deep underground the Gran Sasso mountain. (fyi: The muon flux is reduced by a factor 106 (one million) by the rock). If not identified, the muon induced events could mimic the searched signal events.

Technology

This gleaming experiment may solve the cosmic mystery of antimatter

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Male Leach's sea star (Leiaster leachi) broadcast spawning, releasing streams of sperm from its arms. Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

Life

Electrifying image shows starfish spawning

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Planktonium photo series about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton Planktonic trochophore stage of the larva of a polychaete worm Photo Jan van IJken

Life

Mesmerising photos reveal the microscopic beauty of plankton

Plankton are a vital food source and create most of the world's oxygen. They are also glorious to look at, as photographer Jan van IJken demonstrates in Planktonium

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Environment

Volcanic disaster settles a blanket of ash across La Palma

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Life

The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory

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Early expedition photographs reveal long-term environmental change

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Space

Hubble takes amazing photos of the Prawn Nebula and a newborn star

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