New York Academy of Sciences has new look online
by Greg on Jun.22, 2009, under Science Life Alert
Just got a tweet of the new beta website of New York Academy of Sciences and Science and the City. It looks great. They made an attempt to show two of the better aspects of NYAS: its ever-increasing library of worthwhile content, and its event listings. The site is such an improvement, i felt compelled to complete their survey.
One reason i wanted to start Science Life NY was to post the numerous science events that were happening around town for people who may find the NYAS too professional leaning or too science establishment. At times, the old layout did much to ward off non-science professionals from attending events that was targeted to a larger audience. It is a nice middle way as compared to its old information filled site and more science accessible sites like World Science Festival or Ted.com. This revamp will definitely help with perceptions about science events in New York City.
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Little Galaxy With a Tail
This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. T The image shows the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is comprised of the "bar" and "wing" on the left and the "tail" extending to the right. The bar contains both old stars (in blue) and young stars lighting up their natal dust (green/red). The wing mainly contains young stars. The tail contains only gas, dust and newly formed stars. Spitzer data has confirmed that the tail region was recently torn off the main body of the galaxy. Two of the tail clusters, which are still embedded in their birth clouds, can be seen as red dots. The data in this image are being used by astronomers to study the lifecycle of dust in the entire galaxy: from the formation in stellar atmospheres, to the reservoir containing the present day interstellar medium, and the dust consumed in forming new stars. The dust being formed in old, evolved stars (blue stars with a red tinge) is measured using mid-infrared wavelengths. The present day interstellar dust is weighed by measuring the intensity and color of emission at longer infrared wavelengths. The rate at which the raw material is being consumed is determined by studying ionized gas regions and the younger stars (yellow/red extended regions). The Small Magellanic Cloud, and its companion galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud, are the two galaxies where this type of study is possible. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
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