As magnetic north shifts increasingly away from the geologic north pole – towards Siberia – studies suggest the northern lights could move with it. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-north-pole-shift-northern-lights…
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Lenovo Launches HoloLens Competitor
Lenovo is launching a new AR-and-VR system targeted at businesses. It’s called ThinkReality, and from the looks and description of the device and platform, it looks like a competitor for Microsoft’s HoloLens. Engadget reports: There are two parts to the new ThinkReality system — the AR headset and a software platform. The ThinkReality A6 is a comfortable 380-gram headset with two…
What Mars’ giant dust storm taught us
Before we send people to Mars, we need to understand more about how Martian dust could affect astronauts and their equipment. Here are 3 things we’ve learned from the planet’s 2018 global dust storm. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/understanding-mars-dust-storms…
Northerners’ guide to Southern Cross
The Southern Cross climbs highest – due south – in the evening around now. Latitudes like Hawaii can see it. It’s possible to see from latitudes like the far-southern contiguous U.S., but difficult. Source: https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/the-southern-cross-signpost-of-southern-skies…
Astronomers find quasars are not nailed to the sky
Until recently, quasars were thought to have essentially fixed positions in the sky. While near-Earth objects move along complex trajectories, quasars are so remote that they were believed to offer stable and reliable reference points for use in navigation and plate tectonics research. Now, an international team of astrophysicists featuring researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has found…
6 Ways to Use Your Smartphone More Wisely
Sofia Adamson – Instead of mindlessly staying glued to your screen, consider limiting the use of your smartphone to only these features and apps. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/17/6-ways-to-use-your-smartphone-more-wisely/…
Indian scientists make deepest radio images of the sun
The sun is the brightest object in the sky, and probably the most studied celestial object. Surprisingly, it still hosts mysteries that scientists have been trying to unravel for decades, for example, the origin of coronal mass ejections which can potentially affect the Earth. Led by Dr. Divya Oberoi and his Ph.D. students, Atul Mohan and Surajit Mondal, a team…