Recognition of the lunar rhythm under light polluted skies
Circa-monthly activity conducted by moonlight is observed in many species on Earth. However, due to the steadily increasing amount of artificial light at night, the periodicity is progressively disrupted. In a recently published paper, we investigate for the first time in ...
Eine kurze Geschichte des Lichts – von der Feuerstelle zur globalen Lichtverschmutzung
Am 13. November 2019 lädt der Verein Homo heidelbergensis von Mauer e.V. zu einem Vortrag zum Thema Lichtverschmutzung. Wo: Heid'sches Haus, Bahnhofstraße 4, D-69256 Mauer Eintritt: frei Im Vortrag werde ich zunächst auf die Geschichte der künstlichen ...
Mercury’s crust revisited
In today's volume of the "Earth and Planetary Science Letters", Michael M. Sori from the "Lunar and Planetary Laboratory" of the University of Arizona (US) writes about how he used data obtained with the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and ...
Spotting the zodiacal light in spring
The zodiacal light is a nocturnal phenomena that is revealed only to those who dare to escape the city lights. In spring, after sunset and once twilight fades away into a dark and moonless night, a gentle luminous band opens up when looking towards west. Its majestic cone ...
SQM night sky brightness measurements at 26 locations in Eastern Austria
I am glad to announce that our recent light pollution paper entitled Systematic measurements of the night sky brightness at 26 locations in Eastern Austria will be soon published in JQSRT. In the article, we show that a correlation between light pollution and air pollution ...
The Lyman Continuum Escape and ISM properties in Tololo 1247-232 – New Insights from HST and VLA
As of April 19, 2017 our paper entitled "The Lyman Continuum Escape and ISM properties in Tololo 1247-232 - New Insights from HST and VLA" is accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronmical Society (MNRAS). In the paper, we report on our work based on ...
