Science Event
event: edible summer
by Greg on Aug.28, 2009, under Science Event
| June 27, 2009 | to | September 13, 2009 |
| June 27, 2009 | to | September 13, 2009 |
Summer just shut off, click, just like that. 90 degrees and humid last week, an Autumn wet chill today. The only New York spots that doesnt realize the changing seasons is the subway platforms, sweltering, stale and unmoving cave air. One report i saw had a 106 degree thermometer reading on one platform…Hey bloomberg, if you are going destroy democracy in NYC, do me a favor and buy us some subway platform fans. This event is one more reminder that summer is soon over:
Horticultural Exhibit
Don’t Miss the Edible Garden and Seasonal WalkEnd of summer means the New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden exhibit will soon be over ripe! Make your way up to the Bronx soon to see beautiful arrangements of fragrant tomato plants, leafy lettuce, exotic tropical fruits, and more. (continue reading…)
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Nasa's Image of the Day
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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