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A slice through the 3-D map of galaxies from the first few months of the DESI. The earth is at the center, with the furthest galaxies over 10 billion light years away. Each point represents one galaxy. This 2D slice of the 3D DESI map shows only about 800,000 of the 7.5 million galaxies currently surveyed, which is itself just a fraction of the 35 million galaxies that will be in the final map. Credit: D. Schlegel/Berkeley Lab using data from DESI

Astrophysicists Create Biggest-Ever Map of the Universe, Hunt Dark Energy

Astrophysicists at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson,...

Recent Buried and Sunken Treasure and What Happens to It

“That belongs in a museum!” Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones...

Natural Wonders: Fogbows

In the rainbow family, the fogbow is an outcast....

Antarctica: Kite-Skiers Make the Pole, But Abe Won’t Finish

Last week, Preet Chandi finished her Hercules Inlet to...

Gates of Hell to be Sealed

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan has delivered some bittersweet...
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New Fossils Write Missing Chapters of Australia’s Jungle Origin Story

New South Wales’ arid bush country is dry and...
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Drones Help Scottish Rescuers Search for Victims Lost in Tough Terrain

The next time you hear the high-pitched whine of...

Weather on Other Planets

We complain about the weather daily. Some of us...

Science Links of the Week 

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
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Scientists Embark For ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Seeking Rate of Decay

If the tongue of the Thwaites Glacier collapses, we're...

Exploration Mysteries: Bennington Disappearances

Southwestern Vermont is known for its bucolic setting, but...

Antarctica: Running Out of Time

In this week's update, Preet Chandi arrives at the...
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To Repeat The ‘Full Ascent’ of Mauna Kea, You’ll Need A Submarine

Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain by most...

World’s Northernmost Outhouses

In a recent story, one of our writers wondered...

On Wrangel Island, Poop is an Inappropriate Word

Once upon an earlier time, I joined a group...

The Hidden Treasure: Kongur Tagh, 1981

Kongur Tagh (7,719m) lies in the Kashgar Mountains, near...

Great Explorers: Rockwell Kent

“I don’t want petty self-expression...I want the rhythm of...

Karlis Bardelis Resumes World Circumnavigation

Karlis Bardelis has resumed his human-powered, round-the-world journey. His...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Newcomers’ Guide: Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet

In 2006, Earth’s smallest sibling fell from celestial grace:...

Antarctica: The Home Stretch for Some, A Long Way to Go for Others

In this week's update, Preet Chandi flies into the...
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New Tech Flings a Projectile into Space

In 2021, a startup tested a system capable of...

Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #3: Canada North to South

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...

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