A new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth. The Center for Chemistry of the Universe will allow scientists to explore new types of chemical reacti...
What did people see in the skies over Saugatuck about 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9? Law enforcement officials arent sure maybe it was a meteor but they know it was not an airplane. Police and firefighters spent about 20 minutes Thursday looking for what they thought was a downed airplane. [url=http://ww...
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 10:40:14 (UTC) on Saturday, October 11, 2008, in the Virgin Islands region, about 70 km NW from Settlement, Anegada, British Virgin Islands, at a depth of 29.3 km. Location 19.147°N, 64.813°W
Following the resignation of Lord Sainsbury on November 10, Malcolm Wicks has taken over as Minister for Science and Innovation. Lord Sainsbury has had responsibility for the Office of Science and Technology, Research Councils and space matters since 1998. The annual science budget has increas...
A magnitude 12.4 supernova, 2008ge, was discovered by Pignata et al. (CHASE) on the 3rd October, 2008, in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1527 in the constellation Horologium. The supernova is located 5"e...
It's up, up and away at the City Art Centre, which is launching a new exhibition dedicated to outer space. Space Age: Exploration, Design and Popular Culture examines how the human fascination with space has affected everyday life, popular culture, film, TV and design. It is designed to appeal part...
Australia's new chief scientist has concentrated on issues out of this world, but that's about to change. Strong on research and communication Penny Sackett feels scientists must be free to speak out in controversial debates. Penny Sackett was not unfamiliar with Australian bushfires, but noth...
A magnitude 20 asteroid, 2008 TM9, has been discovered by Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald, from his observatory in Celbridge in Co Kildare . The last such discovery of an asteroid from Ireland was the discovery of (9) Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory, on 25 April 1848. Brief...
Astronomer Pamela Gay will deliver the 2008 Ruckman Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Her talk is sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNL, and is titled, "Citizen Science: From the Sky to your Desktop." [url=http://media-newswire...
Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid in the NW sky tracking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when it was lit." [url=http://www.woodtv.com/Global/st...
SES ASTRA, an SES company, announced today that the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 1M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 31 October 2008. ASTRA 1M will be launched on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) and isthe 7th ASTRA sate...
Title: Uncollapsing of a quantum state in a superconducting phase qubit Authors: Nadav Katz, Matthew Neeley, M. Ansmann, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, M. Hofheinz, Erik Lucero, A. O'Connell, H. Wang, A. N. Cleland, John M. Martinis, Alexander N. Korotkov We demonstrate in a superconducting qubit the co...
The Tondoon Botanic Gardens has had a lot of visitors over the years, but none so strange as a visitor from outer space. The gardens this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a number of activities and is highlighting the fact that the gardens site once played host to a rare iron meteorite, the...
Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday its Coral Reef Watch network has been expanded fro...
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