September / October Mercury now available – Cotswold Astronomical Society

The latest Mercury newsletter is now available, the September / October 2020 issue can be downloaded from the Digital media | Mercury page.

In this issue:

Coordinators Report
Dates for your diary
Members Photos
Mount Tuffley Observatory – Part 2
Society Loan Equipment – the C8

Astronomy News Feeds

Astronomy
Radio Astronomy
Space
Dark Matter

Astronomy Cast Ep. 586: Life As We Know It: Habitable Exoplanets & Extremophiles on Apple ...

3 December 2020

As scientists continue to explore the Earth. They're discovering life, surviving and even thriving in extreme environments. What hints can this give us ... [...]

The search for Planet Nine — a... - Yale Astronomy Department

3 December 2020

See more of Yale Astronomy Department on Facebook. Log In ... Yale astronomers are searching for the hypothesized, distant ninth planet… [...]

Deepest photo yet of galactic siblings

3 December 2020

These data are now available to astronomers worldwide through Astro Data Lab at NOIRLab's Community Science and Data Center (CSDC). [...]

Explained: Why the collapse of the Arecibo telescope is a loss for astronomy

3 December 2020

Puerto Rico's massive Arecibo telescope, famous for its stellar contributions to astronomy, collapsed on Tuesday, leaving many among the scientific ... [...]

"Odd radio circles" are the latest cosmic mystery to stump astronomers

3 December 2020

Continuing the trend of astronomers not being very creative about naming things, everything you need to know about this phenomenon is in the title. [...]

'The 2000s' : The Astronomers' next odyssey

3 December 2020

The Astronomers, a pop-duo comprised of UWO students Ben Baker and Michael Stensland, talked to The Advance-Titan about their new song which ... [...]

ASKAP Radio Telescope Maps Nearly Three Million Galaxies

2 December 2020

Image credit: CSIRO. The ASKAP radio telescope was designed to be a survey instrument capable of quickly observing the whole accessible sky. It is ... [...]

China's Chang'e 5 enters crucial 48 hours of its mission after moon landing

2 December 2020

... two days to gather rocks and dust from the surface and drill underground; Landing coincides with collapse of the US' ageing Arecibo radio telescope ... [...]

Experts Reveal The Earth Is 2000 Light Years Nearer To The Milky Way's Gigantic Black Hole

2 December 2020

Astronomers who have been involved in a project called VERA have ... VERA is a project, which has been put together by the Japan Radio Astronomy. [...]

'WTF?': newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can't be explained by current theories, and ...

2 December 2020

... interesting objects she'd found while browsing our new radio astronomical data ... Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy. [...]

Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico

1 December 2020

A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century collapsed on Tuesday, ... [...]

Earth Is Faster, Closer To The Black Hole In A New Map Of Our Galaxy

26 November 2020

... observation data, including a catalog of objects observed over the course of more than 15 years by the Japanese radio astronomy project VERA. [...]

2020: A DMNS Space Odyssey

2 December 2020

Following public input, staff realized science fiction is an entry point for so many and that imagination is crucially important to scientific discovery. That ... [...]

Puerto Rican scientists, shattered by collapse of Arecibo Observatory, push to rebuild

2 December 2020

Like many scientists in the U.S. territory, Ferrer can trace back her interest in astrophysics, biophysics and space to that school trip. The fourth-year ... [...]

SIUE managing $900K Defense study

2 December 2020

In the award proposal, project developers cited that “space is increasingly globally ... The space education resources created will include: ... National Science and Technology Council's Committee on STEM education (CoSTEM) and ... [...]

On Mars, internal heat may have powered habitable hotspots long ago

2 December 2020

The results could help scientists get a better handle on a decades-old ... own merit, by their own radioactive heat generation," Ojha told Space.com. [...]

Mystery solved: NASA confirmed the space object that just zipped past Earth is a 1960s rocket ...

2 December 2020

Scientists confirmed that the object was a Centaur booster by comparing its electromagnetic fingerprint to that of a known Centaur booster in space. [...]

China Joins Race to Mine Moon for Resources | Voice of America - English

2 December 2020

But it is nevertheless a competition for science.” ... itself for habitation or for other science missions,” as well as “structures in space around the Earth.”. [...]

All the premieres of HBO Spain in December 2020

3 December 2020

This month, The Dark Matter, 30 Coins, A teacher or The Flight Attendant will add new chapters, while Euphoria will premiere a special chapter and ... [...]

GALLERY: Food tech companies to watch in 2021

2 December 2020

... to AI-driven platforms exploring 'the dark matter of nutrition,' and real honey produced without bees, check out our gallery of foodtech companies to ... [...]

Pulling the secrets of dark matter out of a hat

2 December 2020

Grad student Chiara Salemi and Professor Lindley Winslow use the ABRACADABRA instrument to reveal insights into dark matter. Fernanda Ferreira | ... [...]

Details Continue to Emerge about Mustang Mach-E Performance Numbers

2 December 2020

... signature Mustang colors, which include Dark Matter Gray Metallic, Cyber Orange Metallic Tri-Coat, Star White Metallic Tri-Coat, Rapid Red Metallic ... [...]

Monoprice Dark Matter 34 review

2 December 2020

The Monoprice Dark Matter 34 offers a shocking value. All of its features add up to a product that doesn't face much competition at its price point. [...]

Ballpark Commons opens Blend coffee and cocktail cafe this week

2 December 2020

Blend will serve coffee by Colectivo, Frothy Monkey and Dark Matter, teas from Rishi in Milwaukee, and bakery from Colectivo partner company ... [...]