A group of viruses, of which measles is one, are adept at jumping to species barrier. …
Year: 2019
Ring In the New Year with Straight Key Night!
It’s time to break out (and/or dust off) the brass and set some time aside on…
Blazar variability
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that are accreting…
Lawsuit: Asbestos, mold, fumes make fire station hazardous
A firefighter says asbestos, mold and toxic fumes inside a fire station in Alabama’s largest city…
Egypt draws ire with artifacts' move to busy Tahrir Square
Egypt’s recent decision to transport ancient Pharaonic artifacts to a traffic circle in the congested heart…
eDNA expands species surveys to capture a more complete picture
Tiny bits of DNA collected from waters off the West Coast allowed scientists to identify more…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Calvinia moving away from Mauritius
Visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite on Dec. 31 revealed that Tropical Cyclone Calvinia had moved…
NASA finds a weaker Sarai now a depression
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with an image of Tropical Cyclone Sarai and it showed…
December 2019 issue of OSCAR News now available for download
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the December 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 228, here.…
eDNA expands species surveys to capture a more complete picture
Tiny bits of DNA collected from waters off the West Coast allowed scientists to identify more…