Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Gliese 12

According to the NASA blogs, they have recently discovered a planet going around the red dwarf  star Gliese 12.  The planet is believed get more light from it's star than Earth but less than Venus. 
Gliese is bright for a red dwarf, about half the Brightness of our sun and surprisingly stable. The planet called Gliese 12 B is believed to be a rocky planet with a similar mass to Earth, it may also have a thick atmosphere and liquid water on the surface. 

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Yellow Phone

When you look at yellow colours on your smart phone display you're probably not actually looking at yellow. Most handsets mix red and green light together to create an imitation of yellow but it's not true yellow like a lemon. The receptors in most people's eyes can't tell the difference. 
image generated by AI (wonder)