Centuries of Moon depictions on display in New York

Some 400 years of depictions of the Moon, particularly via photography, are going on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-centuries-moon-depictions-york.html…

Chile, Argentina prepare for spectacular solar eclipse

Day will briefly turn to night Tuesday over large parts of Chile and Argentina as a total eclipse of the Sun plunges a vast swath of the southern Pacific and the cone of South America into darkness. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-chile-argentina-spectacular-solar-eclipse.html…

Amount of Floating Antarctic Ice Plunges To Record Lows

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Time: The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average extent of Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest mark, wiping out…

Facebook Abused To Spread Remote Access Trojans Since 2015

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Facebook has been exploited to act as a distribution platform for a set of Remote Access Trojans (RATs) for years, researchers say. According to Check Point Research, a “large-scale” campaign has been operating under Facebook’s radar since at least 2014 throughout a campaign related to politics in Libya. The aim of the operation…

3-D holograms bringing astronomy to life

Scientists working on unravelling the mysteries of star cluster formation have found an innovative way of sharing their work with the general public. Taking inspiration from a 19th century magic trick, researchers from the University of Leeds have developed 3-D holograms that allow people to watch massive stars forming before their eyes. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-d-holograms-astronomy-life.html…

Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms

Citizen scientists have discovered that solar storms become more complex as the Sun’s 11-year activity cycle reaches its maximum—a finding which could help forecasters predict which space weather events could have potentially devastating consequences for modern technologies at Earth. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-citizen-scientists-cyclical-pattern-complexity.html…

edX, ASU and MIT Announce Innovative Stackable Online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

Collaboration creates world’s first stacked Master’s degree on edX.org from two top-ranked universities in the field Today, edX.org, the trusted platform for learning, Arizona State University (ASU), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the launch of an online Master’s degree program in Supply Chain Management. This unique credit pathway between MIT and ASU takes a MicroMasters® program from one…