Globe GENIE
Globe GENIE is somewhat random but pretty cool way to get students excited about other places in the world. The folks at MIT have done it again!Satellites Spot Illegal Logging of Uncontacted Tribes’ Home
Some of the world’s most sophisticated technology is being used to protect indigenous people who’ve entirely avoided the industrial world. By studying satellite photographs of Paraguayan forests inhabited by still-uncontacted aboriginal tribes, activists have spotted...Sarychev Volcano Eruption from the International Space Station
A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia’s Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the...Milky Way Galaxy Has Mirrorlike Symmetry
A new study suggests the Milky Way doesn’t need a makeover: It’s already just about perfect. Astronomers base that assertion on their discovery of a vast section of a spiral, star-forming arm at the Milky Way’s outskirts. The finding suggests that the galaxy is a rare...