Reflecting on motivations: How reasons to publish affect research behaviour in astronomyORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICEWORKRecent research in the field of reflexive metrics, which analyses the effects of the use of performance indicators on scientific conduct, has studied the emergence and consequences of evaluation...
How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?Read a successful essay answering this prompt.This prompt lends itself to consideration of what facets of your personality allow you to overcome adversity. While it’s okay to choose a relatively mundane “failure” such as ...
Two or three times a year, the Full Moon phase coincides with the Moon reaching the lunar nodes of its orbit. These are the points where the Moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic, which is the Sun’s path, seen from Earth. When this happens, Earth casts its shadow on the Full Moon, ca...
“Jets powered and collimated by a galaxy’s spinning central black hole can profoundly affect the gas supply for an entire galaxy, which affects how quickly and even whether stars can form,” said co-author Megan Donahue from Michigan State University. “The ‘Fermi bubbles’ seen in X-rays...
but you’ll see more if you allow your eyes time to adapt to the dark. The last thing you want is for your night vision to be ruined by a regular, bright white flashlight. Red light, however, doesn’t affect your night vision and it’s worth investing in an inexpensive red flashlight...
Did you know? Asolar eclipsealways occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse. A total eclipse can be seen from any given location — on average — once every 2.5 years. A lunar eclipse usually lasts a few hours according to theNational Weather Servicewith totality (the duration...