A Galaxy Shaped Like a Question
A Galaxy Shaped Like a Question Hoag’s Object is one of the most visually striking galaxies ever photographed. A bright…
A Waterfall That Looked Like a Missing-Water Problem
A Waterfall That Looked Like a Missing-Water Problem At Devil’s Kettle in Minnesota, part of the Brule River plunges into…
A White Ocean Under a Dark Sky
A White Ocean Under a Dark Sky For centuries, sailors described rare nights when vast areas of ocean glowed with…
A Sky Image Made from Bronze and Gold
A Sky Image Made from Bronze and Gold The Nebra Sky Disc is one of the most important archaeological finds…
A Monument Before the Expected Timeline
A Monument Before the Expected Timeline Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Anatolia contains monumental stone enclosures built during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic….
A Real Animal That Looks Misassembled
A Real Animal That Looks Misassembled The okapi looks like a creature created from mismatched parts. Its legs carry zebra-like…
A Forest Shaped by Giant Birds
A Forest Shaped by Giant Birds Moa were a diverse group of flightless birds unique to Aotearoa New Zealand. Some…
A Species that Returned from the Missing List
A Species that Returned from the Missing List The takahē was presumed extinct for nearly 50 years before a small…
An Octopus with a Different Way of Moving
An Octopus with a Different Way of Moving Dumbo octopuses are finned deep-sea octopods known for the ear-like fins that…
A Small Fish with Impossible-Looking Teeth
A Small Fish with Impossible-Looking Teeth The fangtooth fish is a perfect example of misleading scale. Photographs make the animal…