Dark skies disappearing

Earth’s night skies are lighter, thanks to towns, cities and industrial complexes. That can be bad news for astronomy … … More

Astronomy Cast Ep. 397: Why is There Something and Not Nothing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuP0VPLXeVc Streamed live on Dec 14, 2015 Pamela is at a conference, so we’re going to record later today than … More

Here it is… our year end look at upcoming events in a sky near you. We’ve been doing this “blog … More

Following the ESA highlight roll of yesterday we have NASA’s highlights today. Video from Astronomy News http://ift.tt/1Vm8Ao1 via IFTTT

Both simulated quantum annealing and physical quantum annealing have shown the emergence of “heavy tails” in their performance as optimizers: … More

There is a matching grant opportunity for those who donate to SENS antiaging until the end of 2015. Strategies for … More

Engineers at MIT have devised a new technique for trapping hard-to-detect molecules, using forests of carbon nanotubes. The team modified … More

Almost any amount and type of physical activity may slow aging deep within our cells, a new study finds. And … More

Eta Carinae may be about to explode. from APOD http://ift.tt/1On0iH4 via IFTTT

Here’s a view of the southern mid-latitude region of Ceres around what is known as the Gerber Catena. There is … More