Flying Bridges: The Day the World Discovered the Sun
A French astronomer traveled to Siberia to observe the 1761 transit of Venus, assisting in a worldwide effort to determine the scale of the solar system for the first time
The Day the World Discovered the Sun, by Mark Anderson. Image: Perseus [...]
Crossing the Sun: The Last Transit of Venus until 2117
Next week will be the last opportunity this century to see the planet Venus as a little black dot moving across the solar disk–a rare event with a long, important history in astronomy
SUN-SPOTTING:
The planet Mercury transited the [...]
Live Chat: The 2012 Transit of Venus, with SA Editor George Musser
Musser, who covers space for SA, will help us prepare to watch Tuesday’s transit and explain the science behind this rare astronomical event
The 2012 Transit of Venus
Venus will pass in front of the solar disk on Tuesday, June 5. The next [...]
Issue for the week of June 2nd, 2012
The Issue for the month of June 2nd, 2012
June 2, 2012 issue of Science News
Designer Flu
How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know (p. 20)
Storm Front
Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts (p. [...]
Rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse to dim skies with photos
The sun and moon will align over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday – an annular eclipse that will dim the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
“It will look [...]
Pacific coasts in line for solar eclipse
Moon will block sun, almost, for four minutes on Sunday
Black Hole Sun
Look down late Sunday afternoon, and you might notice that shadows littering the ground seem different — perhaps they’re a bit more curvy, a bit more ringlike?
That’s [...]
Exercise modifies brain to help weight loss
A study examining the neuro-relationship between exercise and diet has found that in addition to fostering healthy eating habits, exercise also increases people’s sensitivity to signs of fullness and satiety and helps overcome food temptations.
According [...]
India deadliest place in world for girl child
NEW DELHI: It’s official – India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender [...]
Books on Science: Fiddling With a Two-Year Gap in the Busy Life of Copernicus
Dava Sobel has long taken a quirky approach to science history. In “Galileo’s Daughter” (1999), for instance, she focused not on the standard biographical material but on the scientist’s love for his illegitimate daughter, consigned [...]
News in Brief: Life
Birds’ share of dinosaur extinction, the ‘battle’ between cattle and wildlife and more in this week’s news
An extinction to crow about
Ancient birds took a heavy hit in the global catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs, [...]
