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Via space.com
Humans Really Are Made of Stars
It’s long been believed by scientists, but a new study of some 150,000 stars has proven that humans really are made of stars—in fact, “humans and their galaxy have about 97% of …
Benjamin Grant’s “Overview: A New Perspective of Earth”
Stunning high-definition satellite photographs of our planet
Via theguardian.com
State of Great Barrier Reef Worsens
After a very recent survey of the Great Barrier Reef (specifically the region near Lizard Island), Justin Marshall—who works at the University of Queensland and is the chief investigator of citizen science …
Via theatlantic.com
Scientists Discover a 600-Mile Coral Reef
While bleaching is plaguing coral reefs around the world—most significantly Australia’s Great Barrier Reef—there’s one reef that seems to be flourishing. Located at the mouth of the Amazon river, a 600-mile-long reef …
Via archdaily.com
Five Photos Capturing the Unique Beauty of Modern Earth
Sometimes a ground-floor perspective just isn’t enough to comprehend the awe-inspiring beauty of our planet. Benjamin Grant, the founder of website Daily Overview, shares images of Earth shot from above—capturing the delicate …
Via huffingtonpost.com
Earth is Actually Two Planets Fused Together
A new study conducted by UCLA researchers has uncovered an astonishing twist to the formation of Earth: it’s actually two planets fused together. Existing research had shown that a rogue planet, called …
Via vimeo.com
Friends Build a Scale Model of the Solar System in the Desert
Upon realizing that scale photos of the solar system are basically impossible to come across, a group of friends—led by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh—set out to create the ultimate planetary representation …
Via anothermag.com
Australia’s Bubblegum Pink Lakes
The Great Barrier Reef may be one of the seven natural wonders of the world, but Australia’s got another natural wonder that might even be more spectacular. Located in Western Australia is …
Via qz.com
NASA Mimics Mars on Earth
Three men and three women have just begun a year-long period of isolation atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano in order to test how a mission to Mars might affect the human psyche. …