What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by ESA’s and JAXA’s robotic BepiColombo spacecraft last month as it swung back past Earth on its journey in to the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating on approach as it comes out from behind the […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Lactarius torminosus. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2YvfUIL Summary: Lactarius torminosus, the woolly milkcap, is a large agaric fungus. First described scientifically by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774, it is a common species, found in North Africa, northern Asia, Europe, and North America. It grows on the roots of various trees, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 4, 2020: Today is the National Bird Day in the United States. This individual, a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis), is an adult male from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the North America, a population of about 15,000 birds has become established around St. Louis and neighboring parts […]
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Wikipedia article of the day is Catopsbaatar. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3c0HOA7 Summary: Catopsbaatar was a rodent-like mammal in the order Multituberculata that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 72 million years ago. The first fossils were collected in the early 1970s, and the species received its own genus (Catopsbaatar, Greek […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 3, 2020: Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Today is World Laughter Day https://ift.tt/2zKR2Ce
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Wikipedia article of the day is Waterloo Bay massacre. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Sv7k94 Summary: The Waterloo Bay massacre was a clash between European settlers and Aboriginal Australians that took place on the cliffs of Waterloo Bay near Elliston, South Australia, in late May 1849. Part of the Australian frontier wars, it is likely that it resulted […]