Krasnojarsk was the first pallasite meteorite ever found and studied and lead to the creation of the Pallasite group named after Pallas. It was also the first meteorite ever etched with acid (by G. Thomson) and therefore was the first one to show to human eyes the Widmanstätten pattern. [url=http:/...
Windows 10 software condemned by Which? Microsoft has been criticised over its Windows 10 software by consumer rights group Which?. The body said it had received hundreds of complaints about the upgrade, including lost files, emails no longer syncing and broken wi-fi and printing. In some cases,...
In the ultimate travel story, Dr Alice Roberts (presenter of Coast and Don't Die Young) from the University of Bristol's Department of Anatomy, crosses the globe to find out how our ancestors colonised the planet. In 'The Incredible Human Journey', a new BBC 2 series airing this Sunday [10 May], she...
The Milky Way Project aims to sort and measure our galaxy, the Milky Way. Initially we're asking you to help us find and draw bubbles in beautiful infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Understanding the cold, dusty material that we see in these images, helps scientists to learn how stars fo...
The oceanic pole of inaccessibility (48°52.6'S 123°23.6'W) is the place in the ocean that is farthest from land. It lies in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,688 km (1,670 mi) from the nearest lands: Ducie Island (part of the Pitcairn Islands) in the north, Motu Nui (part of the Easter Islands) in the northe...
Title: SMASH 1: a very faint globular cluster disrupting in the outer reaches of the LMC? Author: Nicolas F. Martin, Valentin Jungbluth, David L. Nidever, Eric F. Bell, Gurtina Besla, Robert D. Blum, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Blair C. Conn, Catherine C. Kaleida, Carme Gallart, Shoko Jin, Steven R. Maje...
Two panel photomosaic of sunspots 12593 and 12595 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter.
VLT finds primordial cloud of hydrogen to be centrally powered Observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope have shed light on the power source of a rare vast cloud of glowing gas in the early Universe. The observations show for the first time that this giant "Lyman-alpha blob" - one of th...
Sixty years ago a meteorite fell on a Snowdonia village, smashing a hole in a hotel roof. Now the Beddgelert incident is being remembered in a series of events involving scientists, the public and schools. Beddgelert Village Hall will be open on 19 September for people to find out more. [url=http://...
Turrialba Volcano, 40 kilometres east of San José, spewed gas and vapour two kilometres into the sky yesterday morning, its first eruption since 1866. People living near the foot of the volcano described a thick white column wafting up from the crater - The Volcanological and Seismological Observ...
Title: Magnetic field of young star RW Aur Authors: A.V. Dodin, S.A. Lamzin, G.A. ChountonovResults of longitudinal magnetic field B_z measurements for young star RW Aur A are presented. We found that B_z in the formation region of HeI 5876 line's narrow component varies from -1.47 ± 0.15 kG to +...
Title: Belt(s) of debris resolved around the Sco-Cen star HIP 67497 Author: M. Bonnefoy, J. Milli, F. Ménard, A. Vigan, A.-M. Lagrange, P. Delorme, A. Boccaletti, C. Lazzoni, R. Galicher, S. Desidera, G. Chauvin, J.C. Augereau, D. Mouillet, C. Pinte, G. van der Plas, R. Gratton, H. Beust, J.L. Beuz...
Title: RR Pic (1925): A Chandra X-ray View Authors: Y. Pekon, S. Balman (METU) We present the Chandra ACIS-S3 data of the old classical nova RR Pic (1925). The source has a count rate of 0.067+/-0.002 c/s in the 0.3-5.0 keV energy range. We detect the orbital period of the underlying binary system in th...
Title: The discovery of a planetary candidate around the evolved low-mass Kepler giant star HD 175370 Author: M. Hrudková, A. Hatzes, R. Karjalainen, H. Lehmann, S. Hekker, M. Hartmann, A. Tkachenko, S. Prins, H. van Winckel, R. de Nutte, L. Dumortier, Y. Frémat, H. Hensberge, A. Jorissen, P. Lamp...
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