• Scientists Propose First Astrophysics Mission to the Moon

    A new mission to the Moon on the table!!   Scientists Propose First Astrophysics Mission to the Moon A team of researchers led by Richard Miller of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has recently proposed a next-generation mission to the moon called the Lunar Occultation Explorer (LOX) which is now under review by…

  • Check Out the Homemade Planetarium Built By A Very Committed Dude in Wisconsin

    Anyone who makes their own planetarium is serious about astronomy!   Check Out the Homemade Planetarium Built By A Very Committed Dude in Wisconsin ‘Screw the system,’ he thought, ‘I’ll build my own planetarium and spend over a decade and $180,000 doing it.’ Source: motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/aek93k/homemade-planetarium

  • Exploring a Fast Radio Burst in Three Dimensions

    Details on a the source of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) Exploring a Fast Radio Burst in Three Dimensions Exploring a Fast Radio Burst in Three Dimensions Gemini Observatory provides critical rapid follow up observations of a Fast Radio Burst – one of modern astronomy’s greatest enigmas. These observations provide the first details on a…

  • This researcher wants to initiate contact with Proxima Centauri b

    Dunno if this is a good idea! This researcher wants to initiate contact with Proxima Centauri b The exoplanet next door could soon get an out-of-this-world radio broadcast. Source: www.astronomy.com/news/2016/12/contact-with-proxmina-centauri-b

  • A Better Way to Simulate Accretion of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

    At least, a better way to simulate the accretion of Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way. A Better Way to Simulate Accretion of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Scientists at Princeton University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed…

  • Lonely Speck’s Ultimate List of Best Astrophotography Lenses

    Lens guide for astrophotography Top stuff! Lonely Speck’s Ultimate List of Best Astrophotography Lenses – Lonely Speck   Source: www.lonelyspeck.com/lonely-specks-ultimate-list-of-best-astrophotography-lenses/

  • Astronomers Have Traced The Source of The Most Powerful Radio Signal Ever Received From Space

    And it’s from outside the Milky Way too. Astronomers Have Traced The Source of The Most Powerful Radio Signal Ever Received From Space Scientists have observed the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever – an intensely brilliant burst of radiation emanating from outside our own Milky Way galaxy. Source: www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-witnessed-the-most-powerful-intergalactic-radio-waves-ever

  • Cosmic ‘barcode’ from distant galaxy confirms Nature’s constancy

    Some cool news from “my” Uni – Swinburne.  Cosmic ‘barcode’ from distant galaxy confirms Nature’s constancy Cosmic ‘barcode’ from distant galaxy confirms Nature’s constancy Astronomers have confirmed that electromagnetism in a distant galaxy has the same strength as here on Earth Source: www.swinburne.edu.au/news/latest-news/2016/11/cosmic-barcode-from-distant-galaxy-confirms-natures-constancy.php

  • Breaking into the Simulated Universe

    If we’re in a simulated Universe, can we “break out” of it?  Breaking into the Simulated Universe I argued in my 2015 paper “Why it matters that you realize you’re in a Computer Simulation” that if our universe is indeed a computer simulation, then that particular discovery should be commonplace among the intelligent lifeforms throughout…

  • The Incredible Shrinking Mercury is Active After All

    Wow – Mercury is geologically active. The Incredible Shrinking Mercury is Active After All It’s small, it’s hot, and it’s shrinking. Surprising new NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/the-incredible-shrinking-mercury-is-active-after-all/  

  • It’s official: You’re lost in a directionless universe

    Turns out the concept of direction in Universe is pretty meaningless.  It’s official: You’re lost in a directionless universe Study of ancient radiation nixes spinning universe and special directions in space Source: www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/it-s-official-you-re-lost-directionless-universe

  • Cosmography of the Local Universe

    Great film on the Cosmology of the local Universe  Cosmography of the Local Universe This film has been produced as part of the following publication: “Cosmography of the Local Universe” by Hélène Courtois, Daniel Pomarède,… Source: vimeo.com/66641648

  • Irregular dimming of a young stellar object investigated by astronomers

    More irregular dimming. Another Tabbi’s Star?  New research conducted by a team of astronomers, led by Simone Scaringi of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, examines peculiar dimming of a newly found young stellar object designated EPIC 204278916. The study tries to explain the nature of these dipping events observed in the…

  • Philae found!

    Looks like they found the Philae lander! Philae found! Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Source: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Philae_found

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