I have actually been doing quite a bit of online reading in the past couple of weeks, but I haven’t logged too many of them—there have been a lot of in-depth product reviews, author message boards, and the like that I figured not to many others would be tremendously curious about. But here are a […]
The astronomy and science round-up will be on hiatus for the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, enjoy your stargazing! Hundreds attempt world record for largest astronomy lesson Bozeman Daily Chronicle “To break the record, more than 526 people needed to be present for the entire lesson. The previous record was set earlier this […]
I’ve kept the list shorter this week. But the first (video about Hubble images) and the last (astrophotos) items will knock your socks off. The most important image captured by Hubble (video) All That Is Interesting “In 1996, scientists took a huge risk when they pointed the Hubble telescope to an inky field that they […]
Yes, even on Friday the 13th, it’s time once again for the weekly round-up of science and astronomy stories. Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system CNN “Scientists now have strong evidence that NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has crossed this important border, making history as the first human-made object to leave the […]
One of the things I’m working on these days is becoming more aware of the ever-changing phases of the moon. I have a couple of neat apps on my iPad that I check each day to see what Earth’s natural satellite is up to in that moment. How do you keep abreast of what’s happening […]
What have you seen this week as you’ve looked up into the night sky? Scientists find “fluffy” disk around baby star Astronomy Magazine “Members of the Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru Telescope (SEEDS) Project have used Subaru’s High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics (HiCIAO) to observe a disk […]
“Listening” to black holes form with gravity waves Phys.org “New technology that breaks the quantum measurement barrier has been developed to detect the gravity waves first predicted by Einstein in 1916.” Astronomy in Renaissance art Huffington Post “The heavens have always been a source of inspiration for poetry, music and the visual arts. The first […]
