Taking notes along the way
Every so often, you stumble over a discovery that just settles in your backbrain and fizzles away. But creating a time cloak—something that could hide not just an object but an event—is even more ambitious. Rather than just rerouting the rays of light striking an object, a time cloak would have to deflect all the Read More …
This to-scale representation of the Sun and the planets is eye-opening. You can scroll rather quickly–just watch for the teeny flashes that indicate a planet just flitted past at speed. Saturn turns up at about the quarter point. Think about that.
I love these stories. It seems as though we’re getting closer and closer to uncovering Earthlike worlds. Planet in habitable zone, possibly with Earth-like atmosphere, discovered 36 light years away. Today, along with the announcement of 50 other exoplanet discoveries, comes news from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) of the second planet ever detected in Read More …