Cassiopeia – sometimes called The Lady of the Chair – is famous for having the shape of a telltale W or M. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/cassiopeia-high-in-the-north-on-winter-evenings…
Tag: cold
Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a £1.75 coin
Pennies and cents clog up wallets and pockets. Cold, hard mathematics proves it’s time to ditch the shrapnel in favour of a new denomination Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432611-600-time-for-change-why-the-uk-would-be-better-off-with-a-1-75-coin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A warm space station welcome for cool new hardware
Astronaut Christina Koch recently gave a warm welcome to a very cool arrival to the International Space Station: a new piece of hardware for the Cold Atom Lab, an experimental physics facility that chills atoms to almost absolute zero, or minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273 degrees Celsius). That’s colder than any known place in the universe. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-space-station-cool-hardware.html…
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-are-whales-big…
Water on giant exoplanets both common and scarce
A new study of the atmospheres of known giant exoplanets suggests that water – an essential ingredient for life – may be common on other worlds in our Milky Way galaxy. At the same, there may be less of it than astronomers once expected. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/water-giant-exoplanets-both-common-and-scarce…
Can You Catch a Cold and the Flu at the Same Time?
You’d have to be particularly unlucky to catch a cold and the flu at the same time, a new study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cold-flu-same-time.html
Laser-based prototype probes cold atom dynamics
By tracking the motions of cold atom clouds, astronomers can learn much about the physical processes which play out in the depths of space. To make these measurements, researchers currently use instruments named ‘cold atom inertial sensors’ which, so far, have largely been operated inside the lab. In new work published in EPJ D, a team of physicists at Muquans and…
Happy holiday season from the EarthSky community
Thanks so much for sharing your images with us! Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/happy-season-2019-photos-earthsky-community…
Cold Moon to prelude Geminid peak
At northerly latitudes, the Cold or Long Night Moon – this wonderful nocturnal sun – gives us a much appreciated reprieve in the season of diminished daylight. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/cold-moon-to-prelude-geminid-peak…
Dark energy: Understanding the mystery force that rules the universe
Dark energy dominates the universe, and could lead it to a cold, bleak end. But that’s not to say we have much clue what it is or how it works Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432601-900-dark-energy-understanding-the-mystery-force-that-rules-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…