Astro2010: Limitless Vistas On A Limited Budget
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:17 -0700
What can scientists hope to learn in the coming decade about the most basic questions about the cosmos and our place in it – from extraterrestrial life to the evolution of the Universe – while keeping to an earthbound budget?That’s the question at the heart of Astro2010, the new decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics sponsored by the National Research Council that provides direction for ...
Read More...
Guardian science blogs: We aim to entertain, enrage and inform
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:58:10 -0700
Alok Jha introduces the new Guardian science blogs network, and our science blogging festival It's nearly the end of summer holidays, and there are plans afoot in the blogosphere. You would not know it from general media coverage but, on the web, science is alive with remarkable debate. According to the Pew Research Centre , science accounts for 10% of all stories on blogs but only 1% of the ...
Read More...
I have no one to talk to about my love of astronomy
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:41:35 -0700
I’m thinking of erecting a sign on the lawn: Wanted – somebody to chat with about the Big Bang, black holes and supernovae
Read More...
Book: Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:22:03 -0700
Through the ages, humans have stared at the night sky and wondered how there could be so many stars. In the 17th century, we got our first inkling that there was more to the heavens than we could simply see with our eyes.
Read More...
