Fresh angle on the sun
The first 3D images of the sun were released by NASA on Monday. They were created using pictures taken simultaneously by the satellite duo called Stereo, launched in October 2006. Stereo captured holes in the sun’s corona and magnetic loops rising from particularly turbulent parts.
Gorillas on the up
The number of mountain gorillas living in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has increased by 6 per cent since 2002. For the first time, the survey by conservation agencies used genetic sampling to avoid counting the same individual twice. Bwindi’s gorillas now number 340, up from 320…
