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Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope

By Bárbara Ferreira | ESO on Jul 30, 2020 Featured, Science/Education

NGC 2899’s vast swathes of gas extend up to a maximum of two light-years from its centre, glowing brightly in front of the stars of the Milky Way as the gas reaches temperatures upwards of ten thousand degrees. The high temperatures are due to the large amount of radiation from the nebula’s parent star, […]

Is Alaska’s First New Butterfly Species in Decades an Ancient Hybrid?

By Stephanie Livingston | University of Florida on Mar 21, 2016 Featured, Science/Education

Some might say it takes a rare breed to survive the Alaska wilderness. The discovery of a possible new species of hybrid butterfly from the state’s interior is proving that theory correct. Belonging to a group known as the Arctics, the Tanana Arctic, Oeneis tanana, is the first new butterfly species described from the […]