An artist’s concept of Kepler-186f. (NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech) Right now, 500 light years away from Earth, there’s a planet that looks a lot like our own. It is bathed in dim orangeish light, which at high noon is only as bright as the golden hour before sunset back home. NASA…
Tag: Gravity
Brace yourselves: Each year, the Indomitable Jan Evans makes her picks, and each year she’s WAY more right than wrong. Today I hand over the site to Jan, so jot down a comment, or: click on the red letters to join in Jan Evans (polarstr) on Twitter. IT’S OSCAR DAY!!!!!…
By Susan King and Rene Lynch January 16, 2014, 7:57 a.m. “American Hustle” and “Gravity” dominated the Academy Award nominations Thursday morning, earning 10 nominations apiece, while “12 Years a Slave” followed with nine nominations. All three earned nominations for best picture and best director. The top nominees — a…