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Title: Observation of an excited Xi(b) baryon Authors: CMS Collaboration The observation of an excited b baryon via its strong decay into Xi(b)^- pi^+ (plus charge conjugates) is reported. The measurement uses a data sample of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the L...

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'Ridiculously' Dim Bevy of Stars Found Beyond Milky Way Credit: Geha & Muñoz A team of American, Canadian and Chilean astronomers have stumbled onto a remarkably faint cluster of stars orbiting the Milky Way that puts out as much light as only 120 modest Sun-like stars. The tiny cluster, calle...

ThruVision is the market leader in passive standoff terahertz imaging solutions. The ThruVision T4000 camera offers discreet or covert screening of people from a distance. The T4000 is optimised to form images of concealed objects on people at stand-off distances between 3m and 15m. [url=http...

Lee Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 - December 16, 1598) was a Korean naval commander, famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty. One of the most revered figures in Korean history, Lee is well-respected for his exemplary conduct on and off the battlefield no...

Jan Hendrik Oort FRS (Franeker, 28 April 1900 - Leiden, 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer. He was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The Oort cloud of comets bears his name. Read more

Kurt Friedrich Gödel (April 28, 1906 - January 14, 1978) was an Austrian/American logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Later in his life he emigrated to the United States to escape the effects of World War II. One of the most significant logicians of all time, Gödel made an immense impact upon...

Title: Proper-Motion Measurements of the Cygnus Egg Nebula Authors: Toshiya Ueta (USRA SOFIA/NASA Ames Research Center), Koji Murakawa (Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), Margaret Meixner (STScI) Reserchers present the results of proper-motion measuremen...

An ILS Proton rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage carrying the Yahsat 1B satellite successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 22:18 GMT, 23rd April, 2012.

The Floralia, also known as the "Florifertum," was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to Flora, the goddess of flowers and vegetation. It was held on the IV Calends of May, April 27 to May 3, and symbolised the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers. [url...

The 220 - 490 metre wide asteroid 2000 TU28 will make a close pass (26.3 lunar distances, 0.0675 AU), travelling at 9.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd October, 2010 @ 14:33 UT. See more The Lunar Distance...

Title: The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud: XMMUJ010633.1-731543 and XMMUJ010743.1-715953, two new Be/X-ray binary systems Authors: M.J. Coe (Southampton), F. Haberl (MPE), R. Sturm (MPE), E.S. Bartlett (Southampton), D. Hatzidimitriou (Athens), L.J. Townsend (Southamp...

Soyuz TMA-22 is a planned 2011 flight to the International Space Station. It will transport three members of the Expedition 29 crew to the International Space Station. Read more

IAU Symposium 285 New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy Oxford, United Kingdom