Title: UGC 7388: A galaxy with two tidal loops Authors: M. Faúndez-Abans, V. P. Reshetnikov, M. de Oliveira-Abans and I. F. Fernandes We present the results of our spectroscopic and morphological studies of the galaxy UGC 7388 with the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope. Judging by its observed chara...
Title: MBM 12: young protoplanetary discs at high galactic latitude Authors: G. Meeus, A. Juhasz, Th. Henning, J. Bouwman, C. Chen, W. Lawson, D. Apai, I. Pascucci, A. Sicilia-Aguilar We present Spitzer infrared observations to constrain disc and dust evolution in young T Tauri stars in MBM 12, a s...
Title: The Diskionary: A Glossary of Terms Commonly Used for Disks and Related Objects, First Edition Authors: Neal Evans, Nuria Calvet, Lucas Cieza, Jan Forbrich, Lynne Hillenbrand, Charlie Lada, Bruno Merín, Steve Strom, Dan Watson Based on a panel discussion at the meeting "New Light on...
In 1955, a 10-year-old James Benson joined the Science Fiction Book Club and began devouring works by Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. Forty-two years later, he founded SpaceDev, a developer of low-cost rocket technology and small satellites. Benson's dream was to build a self-sustaining space ec...
A couple from Sands are baffled after seeing a mysterious red triangle that crossed the skies of High Wycombe last night. At around 8.20pm Hilary Payne was inside her home in Lane End Road when her husband Garry, who was working in the garden, called her to look at the strange object in the sky. [url=htt...
More people have come forward to say they have witnessed strange lights in the sky over Belper. Since The News ran a story last week about strange flashing lights people have been coming forward with their own UFO stories. We reported how Tricia and John Booth, of William Street, were woken in the midd...
President-elect Barack Obama has asked retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, one of his top foreign policy and military advisers during the campaign, to take the helm of NASA, according to a source informed of the selection. An announcement is expected as soon as Wednesday. If that happens, h...
Using a 218-year-long temperature record from a Bermuda brain coral, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have created the first marine-based reconstruction showing the long-term behavior of one of the most important drivers of climate fluctuations in the North Atl...
An unusual design of wind turbine with a pair of giant vertical wings could one day be generating electricity for the UK Grid. The innovative Nova Project is one of the first ideas to receive development funding from the recently established Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The ETI aims to find...
An unusual rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the rare phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific evidence available to explain the formation of the discs. UFO-enthusiasts claim that, like...
Following speculation that a UFO crashed into a Lincolnshire wind turbine, would you be covered if one crashed into your house? Julie Carter, of specialist insurance broker Adrian Flux, recalls that when the company's Household division was set up ten years ago, many insurance companies would be...
M41, A Winter Favourite Four degrees due south of Sirius, you'll find the fine open star cluster M41. With a mix of hot blue-white stars and a few red giants, this cluster presents a range of contrasting colour and brightness. In dark skies, you can see this cluster with the naked eye. But it looks be...
