Category Archives: Astronomy

Displacement activity

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

Well, I can’t get into my Guardian site, because of some VPN and password mix up. And yet I desperately need to write something to take my mind off the derby this evening. So here I am, back again. Today … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Rambling, Science, Travel

Weak gravitational lensing and weak arguments

Posted on 23/01/2011 by

Bending of light by dark matter is a vital observational tool in cosmology. So if you are going to use cosmology to accuse financial institutions of a “blind faith in maths”, you might at least google it first. At The … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Science | Tagged ,

Antarctic balloon sees particles with a million times more energy than the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 30/10/2010 by

The ANITA experiment is designed to look for neutrinos, but saw 16 ultra-high-energy cosmic rays by mistake. At The Guardian.

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