October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... latitudes to blue hues more reminiscent of the appearance of Uranus and Neptune. This blue colour, derived from skies clear of aerosols, hinted at seasonal effects that might be expected to reverse as the mission progressed. The more we study...
June 2018
Striding through space
... free above the Earth’s curved horizon against a black sky, has been reproduced on everything from books and advertisements ...free above the Earth’s curved horizon against a black sky has been reproduced on everything from books and advertisements...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
...entitled Steht uns der Himmel offen? (Is the sky open to us?) The German philosopher was concerned about... once he has set off in this direction? To what point is the sky open to us, to paraphrase the title of one of the first philosophical reflections...
March 2021
Messier 82’s starburst magnetic highway
... 12 million light-years away - and visible in the night sky near Ursa Major with binoculars or a small telescope. But something... the 2.7 m diameter infrared telescope access to the sky and has no significant effect on aerodynamics. The observatory...
30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
..., however. Eric Christensen, the head of the Catalina Sky Survey, told New Scientist recently that "the popular conception...kill us all, and it's just not true." The Catalina Sky Survey is a NASA-funded project aimed at spotting potentially dangerous ...
09 July 2015
Discovery of a five-star solar system in Ursa Major highlights mystery of proto-stellar disk fragmentation
Do five suns in the sky sound like a bit too much? Not as far as a rare star...out on night for a large part of their ‘year’, only experiencing darkness (and a night sky) when the stars were on the same side of their world.” The formation of the actual...
