Well, the astronomy outreach about the Perseids was obviously successful because the observing site our local astronomy club, the Kern Astronomical Society, uses for observing was packed for the peak
Tonight the moon is in a waning gibbous phase, two days before third (or last) quarter. That means it will be just a waning crescent phase this Saturday night (the
A couple of days after I filed my July 2 column, my wife got a message from her aunt on her grandson s latest astronomy discovery about the origin of the
Researchers led by Dr Luke Clifton at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (ISIS) in Oxfordshire and including partners from the University of Umea and European Spallation Source in Sweden, have been able to characterise the molecular mechanism of the early stages of programmed cell death (apoptosis) a process which plays a crucial role in the prevention of cancer. Click to read more.