December 20, 2022 Duren Incarva News ‘The Milky Way’ wants you to get to know your home in the universe Astrophysicist Moiya McTier’s new book introduces our galaxy from an unusual perspective Meet the Milky Way in its own words. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy takes a… READ MORE
December 20, 2022 Duren Incarva News Ancient ‘demon ducks’ may have been undone by their slow growth Australia once had horse-sized mihirung birds, but the lineage vanished about 40,000 years ago Giant flightless birds called mihirungs were the biggest birds to ever stride across what is now… READ MORE
December 20, 2022 Duren Incarva News The James Webb telescope spotted CO2 in an exoplanet’s atmosphere It’s the first definitive detection of the greenhouse gas at a planet outside the solar system The James Webb Space Telescope has gotten the first sniff of carbon dioxide in… READ MORE
December 20, 2022 Duren Incarva News How death’s-head hawkmoths manage to fly straight for miles in the dark The nocturnal insects appear to chart flight paths with the help of an internal compass Sitting alone in the cockpit of a small biplane, Martin Wikelski listens for the pings… READ MORE