Title: Evidence for Gamma-Ray Halos Around Active Galactic Nuclei and the First Measurement of Intergalactic Magnetic Fields Authors: Shin'ichiro Ando (Caltech), Alexander Kusenko (UCLA/Tokyo) (Version v2) Intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF) can cause the appearance of halos around the...
Title: The "Nessie" Nebula: Cluster Formation in a Filamentary Infrared Dark Cloud Authors: James M. Jackson, Susanna C. Finn, Edward T. Chambers, Jill M. Rathborne, Robert Simon The "Nessie" Nebula is a filamentary infrared dark cloud (IRDC) with a large aspect ratio of o...
Boom, flash mystifies Troy on Christmas A rumbling sound followed by an earth-shattering boom and flash of light over Troy caused concerned locals to dial 911 at 8:07 on Christmas night. As of Monday, there had been no confirmed explanation for the phenomenon that shook houses in all ends of Troy pro...
An Isle of Wight astronomer has organised an international campaign to wave at the International Space Station (ISS) over Christmas. Dr Lucy Rogers has teamed up with UK and US astronomers to "show solidarity with our fellow humans in space". Some 600 participants have followed the tea...
Hundreds of Jordanian Dolmens saved from destruction. After two years on the World Monuments Fund Endangered Sites List, the dolmen fields of Damiya have hopefully been spared any further destruction, with the formation of a new archaeological preserve in the Jordan Valley. The Department of An...
JAXA exhibit shut down by government to save costs The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s PR exhibit in central Tokyo closed its doors on Dec. 28 after the government's cost-cutting panel recommended that the facility be shut down. A total of 1.22 million people had visited the exhibit, c...
Meade refracting land telescope 60AZ-T, Table tripod with panning handle, K 9mm 1.25 inch eyepiece, K 17.5mm 1.25 inch eyepiece, 2x barlow, Soft carrying case. Features * Meade Table Top Altazimuth Refractor 60AZ-T is a 60mm/2.4 inch diameter s...
Margaret River residents have described the moment an earthquake struck the south west town just before midnight last night. The earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale rumbled Margaret River overnight about 11.59am last night. There are no reports of damage but some residents have descri...
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads. Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator...
Orbital elements: 2010 YH Earth MOID = 0.0859 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 348.95596 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30721173 Peri. 270.38501 -0.97506252 +0.08208046 a 2.1752584 Node 274.33147 +0.00830970 -0.91493804 e 0.6346627 Incl. 11.93398 -0.22177475 -0.39515969 P 3.21 H 20.0 G 0.15 U 8 MP...
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mori, The Mori Language Commission, has released a Mori Dictionary, Te Reo Mori. The dictionary contains entries representing 95% of the most frequently used Mori words. Read more
University of London Observatory Open Evening As part of the BBC's 'Stargazing LIVE' event, the Observatory is holding an open evening on 2011 Jan 7. Visitors will be given a short introductory talk, a tour of the domes, and, if it is clear, an opportunity to look through one of the telescopes. Doors w...
Title: Brane Holes Authors: Valeri P. Frolov, Shinji Mukohyama The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that in models with large extra dimensions under special conditions one can extract information from the interior of 4D black holes. For this purpose we study an induced geometry on a test brane in...
