2012 S1 (ISON) - Great Comet of 1680 or Kohoutek 1973?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120927-new-comet-2012-s1-ison-science-space-moon/
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Black holes and photon mass bounds
Black holes and photon mass bounds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120925142605.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120925142605.htm
5 pc Y dwarf with high tangential velocity
5 pc Y dwarf with high tangential velocity
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6123
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6123
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Observing the event horizon
Observing the event horizon
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927144526.htm#.UGS3pGliLeM.google_plusone_share
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927144526.htm#.UGS3pGliLeM.google_plusone_share
Habitability of super-Earths
Habitability of super-Earths
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/5053/-how-hot-are-super-earths
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/5053/-how-hot-are-super-earths
Theoretical approaches to FTL
Theoretical approaches to FTL
http://news.discovery.com/space/how-to-make-an-energy-efficient-warp-drive-120924.html
http://news.discovery.com/space/how-to-make-an-energy-efficient-warp-drive-120924.html
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Real time stellar merger produces "red nova"
Real time stellar merger produces "red nova"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0163
http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0163
Crescent Phobos in Martian daytime
Crescent Phobos in Martian daytime
http://www.universetoday.com/97589/a-crescent-moon-in-the-martian-sky/
http://www.universetoday.com/97589/a-crescent-moon-in-the-martian-sky/
Land microbes 2.75 Gyr ago
Land microbes 2.75 Gyr ago
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5049/evidence-for-ancient-life-throughout-the-land
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5049/evidence-for-ancient-life-throughout-the-land
Comet spectacular promised?
Comet spectacular promised?
http://www.skymania.com/wp/2012/09/comet-ison-set-to-be-spectacular-in-2013.html/6978/
http://www.skymania.com/wp/2012/09/comet-ison-set-to-be-spectacular-in-2013.html/6978/
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Rotating ring of ions produces "temporal order"
Rotating ring of ions produces "temporal order"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120924144757.htm#.UGHYdPZSkIo.google_plusone_share
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120924144757.htm#.UGHYdPZSkIo.google_plusone_share
Alcubierre drive revisited
Alcubierre drive revisited
http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/?xid=newsletter-weekly
http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/?xid=newsletter-weekly
Missing galactic baryons found
Missing galactic baryons found
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/H-12-331.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/H-12-331.html
Monday, September 24, 2012
Cosmic ray detector to 1 EeV
Cosmic ray detector to 1 EeV
http://www.universetoday.com/97531/work-begins-on-the-worlds-largest-cosmic-ray-observatory/
http://www.universetoday.com/97531/work-begins-on-the-worlds-largest-cosmic-ray-observatory/
Record-breaking 1.2 hour binary
Record-breaking 1.2 hour binary
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4740
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4740
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Uwingu raises $79k, meets target
Uwingu raises $79k, meets target
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/180221
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/180221
Friday, September 21, 2012
Synthetic biology for space infrastructure?
Synthetic biology for space infrastructure?
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=24724
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=24724
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Quantum computing breakthrough
Quantum computing breakthrough
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135305.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135305.htm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Planetary system debris?
Planetary system debris?
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3310
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3310
Dark Energy Camera first light
Dark Energy Camera first light
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917104651.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917104651.htm
Observing a pre-brown dwarf
Observing a pre-brown dwarf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1220
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1220
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Planets in Praesepe cluster
Planets in Praesepe cluster
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-289&cid=release_2012-289
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-289&cid=release_2012-289
Friday, September 14, 2012
Mars in science fiction
Mars in science fiction
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2152/1#.UFMaC-ktn8g.google_plusone_share
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2152/1#.UFMaC-ktn8g.google_plusone_share
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Dark energy probed directly
Dark energy probed directly
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120912084759.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120912084759.htm
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
New L dwarf makes quadruple system
New L dwarf makes quadruple system
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2331
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2331
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Arab observation of Venus transit in 1032?
Arab observation of Venus transit in 1032?
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/The-Transit-of-Venus-Deaths-and-Dilemmas-in-History-169181336.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/The-Transit-of-Venus-Deaths-and-Dilemmas-in-History-169181336.html
Kepler overview with Geoff Marcy
Kepler overview with Geoff Marcy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/343947/title/Planetary_Peekaboo
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/343947/title/Planetary_Peekaboo
Sunday, September 9, 2012
WISE brown dwarfs latest
WISE brown dwarfs latest
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-164
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-164
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Bok globule Barnard 68
Bok globule Barnard 68
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22248-astrophile-lucky-strike-turns-a-dark-cloud-into-a-star.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22248-astrophile-lucky-strike-turns-a-dark-cloud-into-a-star.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Very red L7 brown dwarf
Very red L7 brown dwarf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4012
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Ice giants of the outer Solar system
Ice giants of the outer Solar system
http://www.skymania.com/wp/2012/09/neptune-and-uranus-ice-twins-that-fell-out.html/6923/
http://www.skymania.com/wp/2012/09/neptune-and-uranus-ice-twins-that-fell-out.html/6923/
Saturday, September 1, 2012
10-15% reflective deformable optics
10-15% reflective deformable optics
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528803.400-mirrors-take-root-in-pitchblack-nanotube-forest.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528803.400-mirrors-take-root-in-pitchblack-nanotube-forest.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Brown dwarfs locally rare?
Brown dwarfs locally rare?
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20120608.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20120608.html
Sixth habitable planet Gliese 163c
Sixth habitable planet Gliese 163c
http://io9.com/5939672/further-evidence-that-there-are-many-planets-for-humans-to-colonize
http://io9.com/5939672/further-evidence-that-there-are-many-planets-for-humans-to-colonize
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