Sentences with phrase «most iconic»

The gallery, located just below a full - scale, suspended model of the telescope, features eight large - scale, high - definition prints of Hubble's most iconic images captured over the past 25 years.

Since its 1977 launch, NASA's Voyager 1 has made discoveries and sent some of the most iconic images back to earth.

The origin of The Fantastic Four is one of the most iconic stories in comic books: A family of scientists steal an experimental...

Ben Novak, a young scientist at The Long Now Foundation, is leading the work to revive and restore the most iconic extinct species in the US, the passenger pigeon.

One of the most iconic salamanders, Jackson's Climbing Salamander, has been rediscovered in the recently established Finca San Isidro Amphibian Reserve (also known...

«In a similar vein, this «Farewell to Saturn» will forevermore serve as a reminder of the dramatic conclusion to that wondrous time humankind spent in intimate study of our Sun's most iconic planetary system.»

A comprehensive assessment of cheetah populations in southern Africa reveals the critical state of one of the planet's most iconic wild cats.

by David Button1 Introduction The sauropods are some of the most iconic prehistoric vertebrates.

To kick off its year - long birthday celebration, Hubble has revisited what is perhaps its most iconic image: the «Pillars of Creation» in the Eagle Nebula.

But this month we have another reason to write about our region's most iconic aquatics: an enduring scientific mystery.

It is marked by a progressive decline in physical function, the most iconic being uncontrollable tremors, and involves the malfunction and eventual death of nerve cells located in the brain.

«Andean bear survey in Peru finds humans not the only visitors to Machu Picchu: Historic sanctuary containing most iconic Incan structures also home to important population of Andean bears.»

Here in Utah we're fortunate to be located so close to some of the most iconic arches on the planet, like Rainbow Bridge in the southern part of the state, one of the world's largest at over 80 meters long.

Deadly snakes are among Australia's most iconic animals.

Many of the world's rarest and most iconic species — gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, elephants, lions, tigers and pandas — survive almost exclusively in protected areas.

With four colleagues, Dobson co-authored a new paper, published last week in the journal PLoS One, based on a detailed computer model examining how a worst - case road - development scenario might affect the Serengeti's most iconic migratory grazer, the wildebeest (also known as the gnu).

«It's a parasite that has been hidden in the most iconic game animal in the United States.

The most striking thing about 2010's most iconic cell phone, the iPhone 4, has nothing to do with the phone.

Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures by Ben Mezrich.

To celebrate Hubble's 25th anniversary, scientists captured a new look at a star - forming region seen in one of the space telescope's most iconic images.

Now modern astronomy's most iconic instrument is coming to a theater near you.

The Hubble Space Telescope's 1995 image of the Pillars of Creation is one of the most iconic astronomy photographs.

The study offers new insight into the mysterious death of one of paleoanthropology's most iconic individuals, and the scientists involved say it may give clues to how much time her species, Australopithecus afarensis, still spent in the trees.

«In the course of a year, we took the CAO aircraft and team to northern Borneo, mapped its habitats in 3 - D, combined the data with Marc's orangutan observations, and made a critically important scientific discovery that directly bears on the conservation of one of the world's most iconic ape species,» said Asner, the project's leader.

We want the choice of one of the Caatinga's most iconic species as the World Cup mascot to be more than just a symbolic one,» says José Alves Siqueira, one of the paper's authors and a Professor at the Federal University of the Valley of São Francisco.

But not enough bargain hunters have yet stepped forward to secure a future for two of the agency's most iconic telescopes, the giant radio dishes in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and Green Bank, West Virginia.

Dolphins are probably the most iconic and best loved species of the marine world.

It was an emotionally draining exercise because the skeleton represents one of evolution's most iconic specimens; its spectacular four - foot - long skull gave humanity its first face - to - face glimpse of the most imposing and ferocious predator ever to walk the continents.

The most iconic examples are in Occator Crater, which hosts two prominent bright areas.

The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno mission snapped pics of the most iconic feature of the solar system's largest planetary inhabitant during its Monday (July 10) flyby.

Similar to the way Harold Edgerton used high - speed strobe lights to capture some of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the device uses short pulses of light to image the photons in time.

Scientists can even look to the country's arguably most iconic creature, pest and foodstuff: the kangaroo.

The North American bison is poised to become the first US national mammal, joining the bald eagle as one of the country's most iconic animals.

Even DNA, the most iconic of all molecules in biology, is important first and foremost because it contains the genes that specify the makeup of proteins.

Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains opened one of their most iconic songs, «Man in the Box,» with the line, «I'm the man in the box / Buried in my s — .»

It famously eats little but indigestible bamboo, despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, and is one of the world's most iconic vulnerable species.

With its jewel - like rings and golden hue, Saturn is the most beautiful of the planets — perhaps the most iconic object in all of science.

IT HAS been a red - letter week for many of the world's most iconic and threatened species.

IT»S instantly recognisable — one of the most iconic scientific illustrations of all time.

Professor Stewart, who fronted the BBC documentary Volcano Live in 2013, said: «Mount Etna is arguably one of the most iconic volcanoes on the planet, but 100,000 years ago there would have been no cone - like structure such as you see today.

During the event, Chairman Crowley presented Sen. Stewart - Cousins with a portrait of the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows - Corona Park in Queens, one of the borough's most iconic monuments and a symbol of community.

NYC Parks» Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey and National Trust for Historic Preservation board member Paul Goldberger to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 - 65 World's Fair and announce that Flushing Meadows Corona Park's New York State Pavilion, one of the most iconic remnants of the 1964 World's Fair, has been named as one of the Trust's «National Treasures.»

ALBANY — From Buffalo to Westchester, Thruway motorists will help pay off the highway system's most iconic feature: The Tappan Zee Bridge.

The first phase of redeveloping one Buffalo's most iconic structures is complete.

Two of the film's most iconic characters Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and James McAvoy (Professor X) officially unveiled the Virgin Train's new name and X-Men livery at a star - studded launch at London Euston on 31 March.

Department of Environmental Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «DEC is proud to finalize this amazing addition of one of the most iconic landscapes in New York to the Adirondack Forest Preserve.

The most iconic moment of the Iraq war arrived on April 9th in Firdos Square, central Baghdad.

«Madison Square Garden has operated at its current site for generations, and has been proud to bring New Yorkers some of the greatest and most iconic moments in sports and entertainment,» arena representatives said in a statement.

At the 1984 Democrat National Convention, Gov. Mario Cuomo stepped up to the podium and gave one of the most iconic political speeches of the latter half of the 20th...

It is the most iconic symbol of our country: the American flag.