Jean Tate
Cosmological Constant
[/caption] The cosmological constant, symbol Λ (Greek capital lambda), was 'invented' by Einstein, not long after he published his theory…
Armazones Chile to be the Site for the 42 meter European Extremely Large Telescope?
Question: Where are the night skies always dark, cloud-free 360 days a year, bone-dry, and orbiting 3.5 km above sea…
On New Year’s Eve, Cassini Will Stare at the Death Star’s Superlaser
OK, it's actually the Herschel crater on Mimas, a smallish moon of Saturn (and it's the eve of Chinese New…
Southern Lights
[/caption] The southern lights, or aurora australis, is the southern hemisphere counterpart to the northern lights, or aurora borealis. They…
Kepler’s Law
[/caption] There are actually three, Kepler's laws that is, of planetary motion: 1) every planet's orbit is an ellipse with…
Caught in the Act! Merging Galaxies Create a Binary Quasar
[/caption] Excellent teamwork by astronomers working in two different wavebands – x-ray and optical - has led to the discovery…
If the Earth is Rare, We May Not Hear from ET
[/caption] If civilization-forming intelligent life is rare in our Milky Way galaxy, chances are we won't hear from ET before…
Universe to WMAP: ΛCDM Rules, OK?
[/caption] The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) science team has finished analyzing seven full years' of data from the little…
What is Schrodinger’s Cat?
Schrodinger's cat is named after Erwin Schrödinger, a physicist from Austria who made substantial contributions to the development of quantum…