Title: Constraints on the structure of the core of subgiants via mixed modes: the case of HD49385 Authors: S. Deheuvels, E. Michel The solar-like pulsator HD49385 was observed with the CoRoT satellite during 137 days. The analysis of its oscillation spectrum yielded precise estimates of the mode...
Title: Antlia Dwarf Galaxy: Distance, quantitative morphology and recent formation history via statistical field correction Authors: Kevin A. Pimbblet, Warrick J. Couch We apply a statistical field correction technique originally designed to determine membership of high redshift galaxy c...
Les secrets d'adaptation de la "bactérie du désert" Un consortium de chercheurs, notamment du CNRS, du CEA, de l'Inra et des Universités de la Méditerranée, de Paris-Sud, Toulouse et Grenoble 1, ont réalisé l'analyse du génome de la bactérie Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310, appelé...
Meteorite man Rob's £58,000 from auction The meteorite collector has revealed that he scooped £58,000 from the latest auction of the 'space rocks' he originally scooped out of the ground. The sum, netted from an auction held in Edinburgh earlier this month, was well above what the lots were expecte...
Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (September 7, 1829 - December 22, 1887) was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century. Read more
Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (born 7 September 1955) is a Russian mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the restricted Burnside problem. Read more
James A. Van Allen, the University of Iowa scientist and pioneer of the early US space program and the discoverer of the Earths radiation belts, has passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91.
Van Allen is best known for developing the instrument that detected the radiation belts that surround the Ea...
A 13th sign has emerged in the 12-sign zodiac thanks to tiny shifts or wobbles in the Earth's rotation around the Sun, an Australian astronomer said. "Basically, the Sun's apparent path has moved since 3000 years ago when astrology was born" - John Shobbrook, the manager of Aust...
Historic Boonalla Aboriginal Area co-management accord signed Aboriginal elders and community members have signed an historic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) for co-management of Boonalla Aboriginal Area near Gunnedah. NPWS area manag...
The Butterfly Cluster (catalogued as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. Its name derives from the vague resemblance of its shape to a butterfly. Read more
A 17-story monster of a telescope is being assembled atop of the 15,000-foot La Negra dormant volcano.
It will probe the origins of the universe with an antenna dish the size of a baseball infield.
It looks like a space-age windmill, with two U-shaped steel arms to hold up a giant satell...
Chinese authorities have confirmed that the Shi Jian 11-04 "experimental satellite" did not achieve orbit due to a problem with the rocket launcher. The causes of the anomaly was not disclosed. The Portuguese website Em Orbita was the first to reveal the news which was later confirmed b...
Archaeologists dig at Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen Archaeologists are launching a new dig to try to unearth the secrets of a 9th Century stone monument on a prehistoric mound. Bangor and Chester university experts will begin excavations at the Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen, Denbighshire....
