This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, and meet an otherworldly sea creature.
The answers to the biggest questions in space science — what happens inside a black hole, how does a galaxy form or what is dark matter — lie in the far reaches of the universe. However, there is still plenty that scientists don’t know about the solar system, our cosmic neighborhood. This week, researchers shared fascinating new findings on Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, and the far side of the moon. Other worlds What’s known about Uranus could be off the mark.
Kazakhstan welcomed two of the majestic creatures in September, with the hope that their offspring will be the first wild tigers in the region in more than 70 years. After traveling from the Netherlands, the two captive Amur tigers, called Bodhana and Kuma, remained in a quarantine enclosure for 30 days to allow for veterinary checks. Conservationists released the pair into a seminatural 3-hectare enclosure in Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve in early November.
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