The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud with a strong magnetic field, according to a report in the Dec 24 issue of Nature. A team of scientists explain how NASA’s Voyager spacecraft was involved in the discovery.
“Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field just outside the solar system,” says Merav Opher, a NASA Heliophysics expert from George Mason University. “This magnetic field holds the interstellar cloud together and solves the long-standing puzzle of how it can exist at all.”
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Monday, 7 December 2009
Year ends with a Blue Moon
The second full moon to occur in a single calendar month is known as a Blue Moon - an event which takes place approximately once every two and half years.
This month has two full moons, on 2nd December and 31st December.
The Native Americans call this the Long Nights Moon, or Snow Moon.
This month has two full moons, on 2nd December and 31st December.
The Native Americans call this the Long Nights Moon, or Snow Moon.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Darwin's diaries
Darwin's notebooks go online to mark the 150th anniversary of 'Origin of the Species'
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/11/darwins-notebooks-go-online-on-150th-anniversary-of--origin-of-the-species/1
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/11/darwins-notebooks-go-online-on-150th-anniversary-of--origin-of-the-species/1
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
England: the centre of time and space
How did England become the centre of time?
In 1884, delegates from 25 nations gathered in Washington, USA for the International Meridian Conference to pinpoint a location for the global measurement of time and space.
By the end of the summit, after much debate, the meeting agreed Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) would be used as the standard for the world, with the day beginning at midnight at Greenwich and counted on a 24-hour clock.
In 1884, delegates from 25 nations gathered in Washington, USA for the International Meridian Conference to pinpoint a location for the global measurement of time and space.
By the end of the summit, after much debate, the meeting agreed Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) would be used as the standard for the world, with the day beginning at midnight at Greenwich and counted on a 24-hour clock.
Monday, 19 October 2009
The Shadow Effect
"It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are,
without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events,
by which the path to success may be recognized."
– I Ching
www.theshadoweffect.com
without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events,
by which the path to success may be recognized."
– I Ching
www.theshadoweffect.com
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
National Poetry Day: Thursday 8 October
National Poetry Day is Thursday 8th October. It was established in 1909 - making this year the centenary. This year's theme is Heroes and Heroines.
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