NASA
NASA | 'Disk Detectives' Top 1 Million Classifications in Search for Planetary Habitats
Citizen scientists using the NASA-sponsored website DiskDetective.org have logged 1 million classifications of potential debris disks and disks surrounding young stellar objects (YSO). This data will help provide a crucial set of targets...
American Museum of Natural History
Space Volcanoes - Shelf Life 360
Here on Earth, volcanic eruptions are dramatic manifestations of our dynamic planet. Elsewhere in our solar system, awe-inspiring extraterrestrial volcanoes—both active and extinct—provide clues to planetary formation and hints of how...
American Museum of Natural History
Under the Volcanoes - Shelf Life #18
Volcanoes have enthralled and terrified humans for centuries. Today, researchers are trying to uncover the secret “ingredients” behind dangerous eruptions. Expeditions to Mt. Vesuvius—one of the world’s best-known volcanoes—and Alaska’s...
American Museum of Natural History
Nabokov's Butterflies - Shelf Life 360
Vladimir Nabokov is best known for his literary masterpiece Lolita, but next to writing, his great passion was the study of moths and butterflies. Curatorial Assistant Suzanne Rab Green tells the story of the author’s first road trip...
American Museum of Natural History
Tales From the Cryptic Species - Shelf Life #16
What do crocodiles and leopards have in common? Century-old specimens of both are helping to decode the biodiversity of ecosystems that are under threat today. Researcher Evon Hekkala and Curator Joel Cracraft help unravel the mystery of...
American Museum of Natural History
Shamans of Siberia - Shelf Life 360
Meet the shamans of snowy Siberia with the Jesup North Pacific Expedition—one of the largest anthropology expeditions of all time. Curator Laurel Kendall tells the story of how the Museum’s pre-Soviet collections remain vital to the...
American Museum of Natural History
The Guts and Glory of Object Conservation - Shelf Life #15
In the Museum’s Objects Conservation Laboratory, walrus intestines, birch bark, and reindeer hide are all in a day’s work for conservators trying to preserve Siberian anthropology collections for the future. Check out our 360 video about...
American Museum of Natural History
Into the Island of Bats - Shelf Life #14
The island of Cuba is a key piece of the puzzle for two bat researchers trying to understand biodiversity in the Caribbean. Find out why on an expedition with mammalogists J. Angelo Soto-Centeno and Gilberto Silva Taboada, joined by Ana...
American Museum of Natural History
Nothing But the Tooth - Shelf Life #13
What does it take to describe a new genus, or two, of ancient mammal ancestors? Paleontologists Mike Novacek and Paúl Velazco explain why dental detective work is a big part of the job. #fossils #teeth #paleontology #ShelfLIfe For more...
American Museum of Natural History
Fossil Hunting In the Gobi - Shelf Life 360
Join a 1920s fossil-hunting expedition to the Gobi Desert with Roy Chapman Andrews, then step into the Museum’s modern-day collections with paleontologist Mike Novacek to discover how these finds are studied today. #fossils #GobiDesert...