Astronomy picture of the day Discover the cosmos! Every day a different image or photo of our fascinating universe is shown, along with a short explanation from a professional astronomer. 21 August 2024 Fermi’s 12-year gamma-ray map of the entire sky Photo credit: NASA, DOE, Fermi LAT Collaboration; Text: Barb Mattson (U. Maryland, NASA GSFC) […]
Has technology made map knowledge obsolete? One tool Dora used to explore was the character Map. The show uses anthropomorphism to portray Map as an interactive character. She appears in every episode, as Dora must read her to reach her destination. Note that Dora must read her as a paper scroll. She is not portrayed […]
A group of researchers from Western University is working to uncover the stories of hundreds of 19th-century people buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery in Ingersoll, Ontario. About 400 bodies are believed to be buried in the large grassy area at the back of the cemetery, known as the Pauper’s Cemetery. The site […]
