Title: The Amazing Old Nova Q Cygni: A Far Ultraviolet Synthetic Spectral Analysis Authors: Craig Kolobow, Edward M. Sion Q Cygni (Nova Cygni 1876) is the third oldest old novae (after WY Sge and V841 Oph) with a long orbital period of 10.08 hours and spectroscopic peculiarities in the optical inclu...
Title: Revised Orbit and Transit Exclusion for HD 114762b Authors: Stephen R. Kane, Gregory W. Henry, Diana Dragomir, Debra A. Fischer, Andrew W. Howard, Xuesong Wang, Jason T. Wright Transiting planets around bright stars have allowed the detailed follow-up and characterization of exoplanet...
Gregor said he didn't know why people point lasers at airplanes, but he noted that some of those arrested in the incidents had been consuming alcohol and others were teenagers. He said some contacts could also be accidents caused by amateur astronomers who use lasers to help them aim their telescope...
Storm 'Adrian' set to become season's first hurricane A Storm churning off the Mexican coast is expected to strengthen rapidly on Wednesday into the east Pacific's first hurricane of the season, US meteorologists said. Tropical Storm Adrian was about 555km south of the Mexican resort town of Acap...
Nighttime stargazing June 9th from 9pm-10pm (weather permitting) The National Air and Space Museum opens its observatory to the public. Look through the Observatory's 16-inch telescope to discover craters on the Moon, spots on the Sun (using safe solar filters), the phases of Venus, and other wo...
Assistant Professor Merav Opher Merav Opher studies magnetic field processes in space physics and astrophysics, particularly how magnetic field affect the interstellar medium, disks around young stars, solar, stellar winds, jets and the early universe. She does this by using sophisticated n...
NASA Announces Televised Black Hole Press Conference NASA will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 15, to discuss new discoveries about giant black holes in the early universe. The event will be in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium located at 300 E Street SW in Washingto...
Prehistoric ceremonial complex discovered in Dartmoor reservoir 9 Nov 2009 A hitherto unrecorded prehistoric complex has recently been revealed in the mud at the bottom of Tottiford reservoir, near Hennock, on Dartmoor. The complex consisting of stone rows, burial cairns and a stone circle ha...
Title: Discovery of an Unusual Optical Transient with the Hubble Space Telescope Authors: K. Barbary, K. S. Dawson, K. Tokita, G. Aldering, R. Amanullah, N. V. Connolly, M. Doi, L. Faccioli, V. Fadeyev, A. S. Fruchter, G. Goldhaber, A. Goobar, A. Gude, X. Huang, Y. Ihara, K. Konishi, M. Kowalski, C....
Look at the sun Monday through special telescopes, filters We've always heard: "Don't look directly at the sun." But now, someone is offering an unusual chance to - safely - do just that. About 300 solar astronomers who are coming to Las Cruces next week from around the world will host an op...
A huge flow of hot mud pouring out of an exploratory oil well in Indonesia will be treated and channelled into the sea.
Authorities have been struggling for more than two months to plug the leak near the well just south of Indonesia's second city of Surabaya. The noxious mud flow has displaced abou...
Powell Observatory board members hope Louisburg residents will take a break from the city lights one night and come explore all the observatory has to offer. Thats why the observatory, in conjunction with the city of Louisburg, is holding a Louisburg night Aug. 14. [url=http://www.herald-onlin...
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