Title: A Very Bright, Very Hot, and Very Long Flaring Event from the M Dwarf Binary System DG CVn Author: Rachel A. Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute and Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University), Adam Kowalski (U. Md/GSFC and Department of Astrophysical and Planetary...
Kilbourne Hole is not your usual volcano If you had flown over the desert southwest of Las Cruces 80,000 years ago, you might have been in for a surprise. Welling up from deep beneath the surface, 2,000-degree magma reached the groundwater, flashing it instantly to steam. Unable to escape, the steam...
Title: The Persian-Toledan Astronomical Connection and the European Renaissance Authors: M. Heydari-Malayeri (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, France) This paper aims at presenting a brief overview of astronomical exchanges between the Eastern and Western parts of the Islamic world from the 8...
Deep-Sea Volcano a Hotspot for Mysterious Life Scientists aboard the vessel Pisces V visited the volcano earlier this month to examine its geological features and its rich variety of marine life, and an Associated Press reporter was given exclusive access to the dive. It was the first-ever expedi...
The detection of meteors by radio is most readily accomplished by a method known as "forward scatter". This technique usually exploits the existence of a VHF radio transmitter intended for some other purpose (such as radio or TV broadcasting) and which is preferably situated some way...
Title: The Dynamics of Neptune Trojan: I. the Inclined Orbits Authors: Li-Yong Zhou (1), Rudolf Dvorak (2), Yi-Sui Sun (1) ((1) Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, China (2) Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria) The stability of Trojan type orbits around Neptune is s...
Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist revealed Images of spiralling galaxies, glowing nebulae and the drama of the northern lights are among the photographs to be shortlisted for the Royal Observatory's first Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. [url=http://www.telegrap...
Australian researchers studying declassified spy satellite images have found widespread remains of ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria.
The photographs were taken by United States military surveillance satellites operating under the CIA and defence-led Corona p...
An international team of astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona has discovered that the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy is shaped like a cigar. That makes it an oddball among millions of its peers. The Hercules Dwarf is a companion galaxy to our own Milky Way, but has only one ten-mil...
Cornell's quest: Make the first CubeSat to orbit the moon Cislunar Explorers, a team of Cornell graduate and undergraduate students guided by Mason Peck, a former senior official at NASA and associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is attempting to boldly go where no CubeSat...
Momotombo is a stratovolcano in Nicaragua, not far from the city of León. An eruption of the volcano in 1610 forced inhabitants of the Spanish city of León to relocate about 30 miles west. It also erupted in 1886, 1905, and most recently December 1, 2015. Read more Momotombo Volcano erupts in Nicaragu...
Biggest asteroid struck Highlands 1 billion years ago Lairg, a sleepy Highland village next to one of Sutherlands lochs, has hitherto been known for its sheep sale. Now it may get one of Earths biggest asteroid impacts named after it. Researchers have concluded that this village of 900 people lies i...
With its big, hockey puck-sized eyes, shortened face and nubby horns, it was probably as cute as a button - at least to its mother, a three-horned dinosaur called Triceratops that could weigh as much as 10 tons and had one of the largest skulls of any land animal on the planet.
Visitors to the Univer...