Hubble Sees the Eye of the Storm in Galaxy ClusterCredit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Expand This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could seem like a quiet patch of sky at first glance. But zooming into the central part of a galaxy cluster - one of the largest structures of the Universe - is ra...
Title: On the relationship between BL Lacertae objects and radio galaxies Authors: Hermine Landt (1), Hayley E. Bignall (2,3) ((1) Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, (2) JIVE, (3) Curtin University of Technology) We present deep radio images at 1.4 GHz of a large and complete sample of BL Lacertae objects...
Title: Detection of gravity modes in the massive binary V380 Cyg from Kepler spacebased photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy Authors: A. Tkachenko, C. Aerts, K. Pavlovski, J. Southworth, P. Degroote, J. Debosscher, M. Still, S. Bryson, G. Molenberghs, S. Bloemen, B. L. de Vries, M. Hrud...
Title: A newly discovered VHE gamma-ray PWN candidate around PSR J1459-60 Authors: R. de los Reyes, A. Zajczyk, R.C.G. Chaves, for the H.E.S.S. collaboration Observations of the Galactic Plane performed by the H.E.S.S. telescope array have revealed a significant excess at very-high-energies...
Title: A near-infrared study of the star forming region RCW 34 Authors: D.J. van der Walt, H.M. de Villiers, R.J. Czanik We report the results of a near-infrared imaging study of a 7.8 x 7.8 arcmin² region centred on the 6.7 GHz methanol maser associated with the RCW 34 star forming region using the 1.4...
Possible Fallen Meteorite in North Guatemala Being Investigated The director of Guatemala's National Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology Institute said Tuesday that authorities are investigating a possible fallen meteorite in the northern province of Peten. Read more
Endeavour is an impact crater located in Meridiani Planum on Mars. Endeavour is 22 kilometres in diameter. Using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data, phyllosilicate-bearing outcrops have been detected along the rim of this crater. These minerals may have formed under wet conditions in a low-acid...
Would any one of us recognise a meteorite if we found it on the ground? Grade 6 science students at Mitch Hepburn Public School might have the edge in St. Thomas in that field, after taking a few lessons from the experts at the University of Western Ontario, who came to the school Friday. [url=http://ww...
Sunspots 11474 (top) captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter. Sunspots 11471 (center) and 11469 (bottom) captu...
France jails Cern physicist Adlene Hicheur for terror plot A French court has sentenced a scientist at the prestigious Cern laboratory to five years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks. Adlene Hicheur was arrested in 2009 after police intercepted his emails to an alleged contact in al-Qaed...
Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Cratered Acidalia Planitia This false colour image shows a region with craters of different ages located at the margin of Acidalia Planitia. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASUExpand Latitude 39....
Day 1 Highlights The ISS Symposium 2012 has kicked off in Berlin. On the first day representatives from the main space agencies discussed the future path and priorities for research on the Space Station. The three-day Symposium is coverin...
Jean-Charles, chevalier de Borda (May 4, 1733 - February 19, 1799) was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor. In 1778, He published his method of reducing Lunar Distances for computing the longitude, still regarded as the best of several similar mathematical proce...
Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) preceded by Terra (launched 1999) and followed by Aura (launched...
Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS (4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895) was an English biologist (anatomist), known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Read more
