Tuesday, February 11, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Why white dots appear larger than equal size black dots: How Galileo's visual illusion works in the mind's eye

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 01:13 PM PST

A new study advances the understanding of how our brains are wired for seeing white versus black objects.

Massive neutrinos solve a cosmological conundrum

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 07:19 AM PST

Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce the mass of ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.

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