Latest Jason Holmberg Stories
2011-05-23 09:20:31
A Star-mapping Algorithm For The Hubble Space Telescope Also Helps Researchers Keep Tabs on Rare AnimalsThe speckle-skinned whale shark, despite growing to lengths of up to 40 feet, is among the rarest and least understood fish species. Its name in Madagascar"”"marokintana""”means "many stars." It's fitting, then, that researchers are now tracking these filter-feeding leviathans using an innovation originally designed to help NASA map the heavens.In 2002, Portland, Oregon, software...
