Title: The ARCADE 2 Instrument Authors: J. Singal, D.J. Fixsen, A. Kogut, S. Levin, M. Limon, P. Lubin, P. Mirel, M. Seiffert, T. Villela, E. Wollack, C.A. Wuensche The second generation Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE 2) instrument is a balloon-bo...
Title: Uncovering the Outflow Driven by the Brown Dwarf LS-RCr A1: H-alpha as a Tracer of Outflow Activity in Brown Dwarfs Authors: E.T. Whelan, T.P. Ray, F. Bacciotti It is now apparent that classical T Tauri-like outflows commonly accompany the formation of young brown dwarfs. To date two optica...
An anti-flooding reservoir could be built close to a prehistoric henge in Lincolnshire. Environment Agency officers are to begin looking for sites to build new flood defences in a bid to protect Horncastle. Next month they will begin assessing land close to the River Bain in a pro-active effort to p...
Orbital elements: 2007 VJ305 Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 0.36931 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00035863 Peri. 338.60632 +0.99536498 -0.04367528 a 196.2020529 Node 24.37708 +0.08451312 +0.82240459 e 0.8206470 Incl. 11.98103 -0.04589216 +0.56722408 P 2750 H 6.8 G 0.15 U 5 MPEC 2009 -A37
A magnitude 16.5 optical transient was discovered in the spiral galaxy NGC 300, on April 24th, 2008, by Berto Monard of South Africa. The object is currently at magnitude 14. Spectroscopic observations by H.E. Bond (STScI), F.M. Walter (Stony Brook U.), and J. Velasquez (CTIO) suggest that...
Title: A Limit on the Polarised Anomalous Microwave Emission of Lynds 1622 Authors: B.S. Mason, T. Robishaw, C. Heiles, D. Finkbeiner, C. Dickinson The dark cloud Lynds 1622 is one of a few specific sites in the Galaxy where, relative to observed free-free and vibrational dust emission, there is a c...
A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivalling similar monoliths on land. The 200 metre-long, 10 meter-high undersea wall, which looks like thousands of pillars packed together, is near the Pescadores archipelago, res...
The flagship of the Russian polar fleet, the Academician Fyodorov, will set out on a 200-day scientific voyage on November 5 as part of the 54th Russian Antarctic expedition. Read more
South Korea has some of the best telecommunication technology in the world. If only eavesdropping on alien chatter was as easy as flipping open a cell phone. The Gwacheon National Science Museum said its brand new 7.2-meter telescope, to be activated this month, will be used to search for signs of ex...
Local astronomers will offer tips Friday on using telescopes and finding planets, stars and other objects in the sky. Members of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society will gather in the parking lot behind Discovery Science Centre, 703 E. Prospect Road, at 6:30 p.m. [url=http://www.report...
A mum had an unforgettable start to 2009 when she spotted a UFO over Bradford. Clare Harris, 30, of Low Moor, was with four friends at a house when they spotted a flickering ball, orange or white in colour, moving slowly across the sky. She immediately grabbed her mobile phone and captured a fascinatin...
Growing GALILEO 2009 Conference 27 - 28 January 2009 Charlemagne building conference facilities Room S3 : Alcide de Gasperi (floor 2) 170 rue de la Loi B-1040 Brussels Read more
UK astronomers are set to expand our knowledge of the history of our Universe with a new project to map the inception and formation of galaxies. Making use of an Infrared Array Camera on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) will make a very...
The National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) launched a new bilingual (in English and Bulgarian) website. The site is already available at www.nmnhs.com. It is expected that it will receive full functionality in the next two weeks. [url=http://www.nmnhs.com/news_en.php?id=09010...
