Title: Cosmological Phase Transitions Authors: Norbert Straumann (Version v2) In this lecture at a school for condensed matter physicists, I begin with basic concepts and tools for investigating phase transitions in quantum field theory. The very different roles of global and gauge symmetrie...
Local law enforcement officials haven't closed the books on identifying the cause of a fireball in the skies of Cherokee County May 5, but they're no longer actively searching for its origin. Tahlequah-Cherokee County Emergency Management Director Gary Dotson said Thursday that search efforts...
Tropical cyclone Chan-hom has developed in the South China Sea. The cyclone is forecast to move northeast and then eastward, and to be upgraded from tropical storm to typhoon (35 m/s) in the next 48 hours. See more
A Soyuz SL-3 Rocket body that was launched on the 14th April 1979 from the Plesetsk launch complex for the Kosmos 1093 mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 9th May 2009 @ 08:44 GMT ± 48 hours. TLE Data pre>SL-3 RB 1 11332U 79032B 09125.56676441 .00976023 -97035-6 24289-3 3...
Title: A Suzaku observation of the ULIRG IRAS19254-7245: disclosing the AGN component Authors: V. Braito, J.N. Reeves, R. Della Ceca, A. Ptak, G. Risaliti, T. Yaqoob We discuss here a long Suzaku observation of IRAS 19254-7245 (also known as the Superantennae), one of the brightest and well studi...
Title: New brown dwarf candidates in the Pleiades Authors: T. Eisenbeiss, M. Moualla, M. Mugrauer, S. Raetz, R. Neuhäuser, T. O. B. Schmidt, Ch. Ginski, M. M. Hohle, A. Koeltzsch, C. Marka, W. Rammo, A. Reithe, T. Roell, M. Vanko (Version v2) We have performed deep, wide-field imaging on a ~0.4 deg^2...
A United Launch Alliance Delta-2 rocket, in a 7920-10L launch vehicle configuration, is scheduled to launch the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS-ATRR) research and development mission from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA on the 5...
The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society is using a larger telescope at the Fox Island Observatory. The group of area astronomy enthusiasts operates a dome for free public sky viewing on clear Saturday nights during the warmer half of the year at the Allen Countys 600-acre Fox Island Park, 7324 Yohne Roa...
A proposed US system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause side-effects that lead to radio communication blackouts, according to new research. If activated, the "radiation belt remediation" (RBR) system could significantly alter the upper...
Orbital elements: 2005 NB56 Epoch 2005 July 9.0 TT = JDT 2453560.5 MPC M 24.38765 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49130787 Peri. 113.36614 -0.69269736 +0.71309228 a 1.5906217 Node 112.32647 -0.69700657 -0.62339062 e 0.4554590 Incl. 6.70638 -0.18534348 -0.32075465 P 2.01 H 22.9 G 0.15 From 11 observations 2005...
An 1822 celestial atlas by Scottish amateur astronomer Alexander Jamieson is a star item at this year's Christian Aid charity book sale in Edinburgh, one of the largest sales of its kind in the world. The second-hand book bonanza, held annually for the last 35 years at the Church of St Andrew's and St G...
The universe's best real estate for life may be around stars a little less massive than the sun, called orange dwarfs, according to a new analysis. These stars live much longer than sun-like stars, and have safer habitable zones - where liquid water can exist - than those of lighter red dwarf stars. St...
Czech astronomers have counted the trajectory and the landing of a rare meteorite from the inner Solar System and found its fragments in southwest Australia, along with their Australian and British colleagues, Pavel Spurny, from the Academy' Astronomic Institute, said Wednesday. The astronom...
A huge ocean wave has been filmed from beneath the surface, revealing features never before captured on camera. The remarkable video, which will be shown as part of the BBC Natural History Unit's new series South Pacific, was filmed in super slow motion using a high-definition camera. It reveals th...