Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy just constructed a detailed, three-dimensional map of the cosmic dust in our galaxy. The map makes use of 130 million spectra from the ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

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In some cases, these would be bound into volumes of County Atlases. The earliest map of Staffordshire dates from 1577, and is the work of Christopher Saxton. It is surprisingly accurate and detailed ...