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Maps and before and after images reveal Maui devastation

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By The Visual Journalism Team BBC News Getty ImagesHawaiian officials are braced for a significant rise in the death toll from the fast-spreading wildfires, which caused devastation on the island of Maui and destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the fires were the "largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history" and that 80% of the beach-front town had "gone" - satellite images gave an immediate sense of the scale of the damage. Read More...

These 6 new images from the Hubble telescope shed light on distant galaxies

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NASA released six new, shimmering images of galaxies spotted by the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope last week. Many of them millions of light-years away from Earth, the images help researchers better understand star formation and evolution, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena. Hubble has made about 1.5 million observations in the more than three decades that it’s been trained on the cosmos, according to NASA. The telescope is designed to take in visible and ultraviolet light, plus a short stretch of the infrared spectrum. Read More...

Wordle now has two answers, depending on which site youre playing on

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Every morning after playing the online puzzle Wordle, Eleanor Rozance and her parents race to their group text chat to share their results. They needle the person who took the longest to guess the daily five-letter word, while the family member with the best score basks in victory. But on Wednesday, their friendly competition was thrown for a loop. Rozance, 20, and her parents had gotten puzzles with different answers. Read More...