Best of 2017 (astro) news
At -2 (or 1, depending on which part of the globe you’re based) to 2018, it’s the moment for a quick recap of 2017 space news -for one, because this year spoiled us. We had all sort of events and…
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Tag Archive: gravitational waves
2017 Nobel Prize for Gravitational Waves
Yes, that’s it. Today Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne (you do remember him, right? Interstellar, anyone?) and Barry Barish won the Nobel Prize 2017 – Physics. The ripples were first predicted by Albert Einstein – they are a fundamental consequence of…
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Space Features of the Week (4 June)
It’s again the moment for a summary of the space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few). This time there are a few interesting subjects picked up here and there. As usual, links and a couple of comments…
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What’s up in space? Hidden galaxies, black holes and (many) waves
There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems something special. Something pretty too, I would add. And something that will likely change physics as…
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