https://www.ianhuston.net/tag/space/ Recent content in Space on IanHuston.net Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:58:15 +0100 https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/06/the-end-of-cosmology/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:58:15 +0100 https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/06/the-end-of-cosmology/ Here in Queen Mary, we hold a discussion group every Wednesday during term time. The paper we are discussing this afternoon is a recent essay by Lawrence Krauss and Robert Scherrer, which has been causing a bit of a stir in cosmology circles, both in the blogosphere and the real world. The essay won 5th prize in the annual Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition which always features some interesting reading material. https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/05/new-dark-matter-evidence/ Tue, 15 May 2007 16:03:11 +0100 https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/05/new-dark-matter-evidence/ NASA is holding a press conference today in which new evidence for the existence of dark matter will be presented. There will be an audio feed and graphics on the web as soon as the conference starts. A comment at the Angry Physicist’s blog links to the abstract of the upcoming APJ paper which describes this “dark ring”: The mass reconstruction of CL0024+17 obtained in such a way is remarkable. It reveals a ring-like dark matter substructure at r 75" https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/05/brighten-up-your-day/ Tue, 08 May 2007 11:08:19 +0100 https://www.ianhuston.net/2007/05/brighten-up-your-day/ It's not a resource per se, but I probably should have mentioned the Astronomy Picture of the Day, run by NASA, which features a different space related picture every day. As you can see, some of these are amazing works of art in their own right, but with the accompanying blurb you can also learn some science while you're at it. The official site doesn't have an RSS feed unfortunately, but Jef Poskanzer has put together an unofficial feed which you can use to get your daily helping easily.