Astrophysics

Who’s fit to judge? (Paragould Daily Press)

25 Jul 2008

There is a move afoot to take from the state Department of Corrections the job of determining a condemned inmate’s competence to be executed. And we were surprised to learn the move originated from the director of the ADC, Larry Norris.

SLAC may not be SLAC in the future (Palo Alto Weekly)

25 Jul 2008

The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park is a place where physicists have won Nobel Prizes for their research.

Satellites discover what powers Northern Lights (Spaceflight Now)

25 Jul 2008

GREENBELT, Md. -- Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.