SALT II was a controversial experiment of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev from 1977 to 1979 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, which sought to curtail the manufacture of strategic nuclear weapons. It was a continuation of the progress made during the SALT I talks, led by re...
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851, Barneveld, Gelderland - June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation. Read more
Giordano Bruno is one of the youngest large craters (22 km diameter) on the Moon. How old is "youngest"? Written accounts of twelfth century observations of a bright flash on the Moon may record the event that formed Giordano Bruno crater? That idea was proposed after the first high resol...
Protons are successfully accelerated and transported to J-PARC Hadron Experimental Hall A new milestone was set by the 50 GeV Synchrotron, which is the 3rd and the last stage of the accelerators of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), on January 27, 2009. Protons were accelera...
Title: SOPHIE velocimetry of Kepler transit candidates III. KOI-423b: a 18 Mjup transiting companion around a F7IV star Authors: F. Bouchy, A.S. Bonomo, A. Santerne, C. Moutou, M. Deleuil, R.F. Diaz, A. Eggenberger, D. Ehrenreich, C. Gry, T. Guillot, M. Havel, G. Hebrard, S. Udry We report the str...
Title: 1RXS J184542.4+483134: a New Cataclysmic Variable with Short-Period Photometric Variations Authors: Denisenko, D.; Smirnov, E. Abstract not Available Read more Title: Identification of new cataclysmic variab...
Observatory atop Mont Mégantic has a strong attraction for stargazers Starry skies are a star attraction of this remote corner of Quebec by the Maine woods, far from night sky glow that blots them out in settled areas. Seizing on the angle, Mégantic region's tourist guide bears a Reach for the Stars s...
Title: WISE Brown Dwarf Binaries: The Discovery of a T5+T5 and a T8.5+T9 System Authors: Christopher R. Gelino (IPAC), J. Davy Kirkpatrick (IPAC), Michael C. Cushing (JPL), Peter R. Eisenhardt (JPL), Roger L. Griffith (IPAC), Amanda K. Mainzer (JPL), Kenneth A. Marsh (IPAC), Michael F. Skrutski...
Title: The Spectroscopic Classification and Explosion Properties of SN2009nz Associated with GRB091127 at z=0.490 Authors: E. Berger, R. Chornock, T. R. Holmes, R. J. Foley, A. Cucchiara, C. Wolf, Ph. Podsiadlowski, D. B. Fox, K. C. Roth We present spectroscopic observations of GRB091127 (z=0...
The millisecond X-rays pulsar XTE J1807-294, was discovered by XTE on February 21. It is a binary system. The companion has a minimum mass of about 7 Jupiters, and an orbital period of 40.1 minutes . RA = 18:07:00.0 and Dec = -29:24:30[url=http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/external/xmm_news/items...
Title: Building the cosmic infrared background brick by brick with Herschel/PEP Authors: S. Berta, B. Magnelli, R. Nordon, D. Lutz, S. Wuyts, B. Altieri, P. Andreani, H. Aussel, H. Castaneda, J. Cepa, A. Cimatti, E. Daddi, D. Elbaz, N.M. Foerster Schreiber, R. Genzel, E. Le Floc'h, R. Maiolino, I....
Future Scientists and Engineers Get a Leg Up at TMT-Sponsored Summer Internship Program A highly successful internship program run by the Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) is starting another summer session this week, thanks in part to funding from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project. In H...
Prehistoric finds on remote St Kilda's Boreray isle The remains of a permanent settlement which could date back to the Iron Age has been uncovered on a remote Scottish island, according to archaeologists. It was previously thought Boreray in the St Kilda archipelago was only visited by islanders t...
First ever Oxford-India Day The inaugural Oxford-India Day is taking place today (17 June 2011). The event aims to celebrate the longstanding and varied links between the University and India, and to reinvigorate and strengthen those links. Over 80 external guests, representing Indian busines...
