A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that the impact that formed the Moon’s giant South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin would have created a massive plume of heat that propagated through the lunar interior.
Sighthill Observations
“The Sighthill circle was built under the Glasgow Parks Dept. Astronomy Project, which was part of the Jobs Creation Scheme in 1978-79. “
Alexander Thom Star Dates
“The only epoch in which standing stones are meaningfully aligned with the bright stars is c.2000 BC, with a spread of at most 200 years both before and after.”
The Sky Above You – April 2022
“Venus is brilliant in the morning sky through the month.”
Time by the Stars
” The Sun doesn’t rise or set, it shines all the time while the Earth turns under it; and your watch isn’t fast or slow, it’s just that you’re standing too far east or west.”
Beyond Cosmology
‘What is outside the Universe?’
Hubble Views an Infant Star
An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Cosmology
Duncan Lunan looks at the origin of the Universe, and the different ways in which it may end.
A ‘Not So Close Encounter’
The twin galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC 4496B dominate the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Galaxies Part 2
” a huge, complex pattern which has been given the Hawaiian name ‘Laniakea’, hundreds of millions of light-years in extent”