Nepal To Re-Measure Mount Everest

Nepal To Re-Measure Mount Everest

Snow height or rock height?   Chinese and Indians disagree on even how to measure the height of the world's highest mountain, since if you have ever had one of those 'why can't they just…
Discovery: P4, Another Moon Around Pluto

Discovery: P4, Another Moon Around Pluto

Though 2 percent of astronomers declared Pluto was no longer a planet, for not being a planet, it sure has a lot of moons.   Four so far. The Hubble Space Telescope discovered this fourth moon,…
The Man From Planet Squid

The Man From Planet Squid

Oh man oh man this is really cute: It's the brand-new storefront of a shop that sells only merchandise related to this creature. His name is Ikaaru Seijin, which the Japan Times claims means Man from…
Global Annual Daily Temperatures, 1929-2010

Global Annual Daily Temperatures, 1929-2010

While standing outside in the middle of a cold night tending my telescope, I started wondering about how much heat is getting radiated into space under clear skys, that increases in CO2 should be…
Ignaz Venetz - Climate Change Pioneer - #2

Ignaz Venetz - Climate Change Pioneer - #2

Ignaz Venetz - Climate Change Pioneer - #2 Ignaz Venetz was, in 1821, awarded a prize of 300 francs for his memoire by the Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft - the Swiss Natural Science…
A New Beautiful Baryon Bagged By CDF

A New Beautiful Baryon Bagged By CDF

This afternoon (2.30 PM Chicago time) Pat Lukens, an old-timer of the CDF experiment, will give a "wine and cheese" seminar at Fermilab on the new observation of a heavy baryon, of the family of…