Physicists have invented an electronic thermometer that ties temperature directly to a fundamental number--namely, the Boltzmann constant, a value related to the kinetic energy of molecules. (The constant is typically abbreviated in high school chemistry as k or kB.) The device centers on the...
On Friday, 2008 August 01, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial eclipse is seen within...
The Chinese government will grant Indonesia a remote sensing satellite to help monitor and provide early detections on events taking place in the sea, an official said. "China will grant Indonesia a satellite for monitoring happenings and developments in the sea. With the satellite, Indon...
The Meade 70AZ-AR Altazimuth Refractor Altazimuth Refractor is great for families, kids and gifts. Lens diameter is approximately 2.75 inches. This will let you see craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, the cloud belts of Jupiter along with several of its moons, and detect countless star clust...
Title: The Nordic Optical Telescope Authors: Anlaug Amanda Djupvik, Johannes Andersen An overview of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) is presented. Emphasis is on current capabilities of direct interest to the scientific user community, including instruments. Educational services and pr...
Burnt animal bones, petrified lightning and a bronze male hand grasping a silver lightning bolt have all been unearthed at the mountaintop site of a Mycenaean Greek cult whose members gathered around an "open fire altar," according to University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologist...
The cathedral in the Spanish city of Salamanca was constructed in 1102, and is therefore one of the oldest such constructions in the world. It features magnificent stone carvings on all its walls, but one of them is a bit more special than the others, so to speak. It bears the depiction of what appears t...
A magnitude 16.6 type IIp supernova, 2009N, was discovered by Koichi Itagaki on the 24th January, 2009, in the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 4487, in the constellation Virgo. The supernova is located 75" east and 18" north from the center of the galaxy. The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope ab...
Jan. 27, 1967: 3 Astronauts Die in Capsule Fire Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfs their command module during testing for the first Apollo/Saturn mission. They are the first U.S. astronauts to die in the line of duty. The command module, buil...
News that the University of Toronto has purchased No. 90 from the Royal Ontario Museum means a definitive end to the museum's controversial plan to replace the mothballed McLaughlin Planetarium with a 46-storey residential tower. "This is a win-win-win for the U of T, the ROM and the public&q...
Two new books have been written and published to celebrate 175 years of Englands third oldest university. The Durham Difference spans the birth, infancy and maturity of Durham University, whilst the Treasures of Durham University Library features artefacts from one of Britains most precious an...
The Geological Society's oldest and most prestigious award, the Wollaston Medal, has been awarded to Paul F. Hoffman, one of the major proponents of the controversial "Snowball Earth" theory. This theory suggests that in its early history the Earth suffered glaciations so major that...
Celestis, Inc., the pioneer and global leader in Memorial Spaceflights, announced today that it will launch the remains of late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and his wife, actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry - "The First Lady of Star Trek" - on a mission into deep space, thus fulfill...
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