The snow-capped Andes in South America have long fascinated humans with their soaring peaks and alien landscapes.
Near the summit, there is no vegetation in sight, and freezing temperatures and howling winds add to the inhospitable conditions — which is why scientists were surprised to find life in such a desolate place.
Now, a team of archaeologists has used 3D scanning techniques and scientific analysis to recreate what she looked like before her untimely death. To test Lucy’s systems and instruments before observing the Trojans, the probe first zoomed by Dinkinesh, located between Jupiter and Mars. Conservationists are ramping up efforts to protect the critically endangered birds by scaling towering trees and collecting the birds’ eggs so they can hatch and live in a safe environment.
Using new analytical techniques, researchers detected genetic evidence suggesting that starfish evolved their unique body plan over time.The James Webb Space Telescope peered inside the heart of the Crab Nebula to study the aftermath of a stellar explosion. — When an asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago, leading to the mass extinction of dinosaurs, it filled the atmosphere with enough dust to halt a key process for life on Earth.
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