Scientists at Durham University have found the "missing link" between small and super-massive black holes. For the first time the researchers have discovered that a strong X-ray pulse is emitting from a giant black hole in a galaxy 500 million light years from Earth. The pulse has been c...
A cool, Jovian-mass planet, MOA-2007-BLG-400L b, has been discovered using gravitational lensing. MOA-2007-BLG-400-L b is currently 8th Microlensed Planet discovery. Read more
The launching ceremony for the Chinese research vessel Shiyan-1, was held on 12 September at a shipyard of Huludao, northeast China's Liaoning Province. High-level officials from the China Academy of Science (CAS), and Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., the builder of Shiyan-1, were...
Labrador crater studied as lunar training ground A team of three scientists from Memorial University will spend more than two weeks in a remote region in northern Labrador studying a crater millions of years old, in hopes of establishing a new training site for astronauts. [url=http://www.cbc....
The Southland observatory faces an uncertain future, with the building expected to be removed if a proposed museum extension goes ahead. Read more Southland Observatory is situated on the western side of the Southla...
Title: Eleven years of radio monitoring of the Type IIn supernova SN 1995N Authors: Poonam Chandra, Christopher J. Stockdale, Roger A. Chevalier, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Alak Ray, Matthew T. Kelley, Kurt W. Weiler, Nino Panagia, Richard A. Sramek We present radio observations of the optically brigh...
Title: A sharp look at the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J0806+2006 with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Authors: D. Sluse, F. Courbin, A. Eigenbrod, G. Meylan (Laboratoire d'astrophysique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne-EPFL) We present the first VLT near-IR observations o...
Telescope conference marks 400th anniversary of telescope patent -The first telescope patent filed in September 1608 paved the way for the development of modern astronomical telescope technology, a fact that will be the central focus of a conference beginning Sept. 29th in Noordwijk, The Nethe...
The International Meteor Organisation (IMO) will hold its next annual International Meteor Conference (IMC) in achticka from September 18 till 21, 2008. Both amateur and professional astronomers are welcome to join us in this four-day event. [url=http://www.imo.net/imc2008/]Read more[/u...
In this video scientists explore underwater structures found off the coast of Okinawa. These Structures are under 40-100 ft of water. Scientists say the last time these structures would have been above water was 10,000 years ago during the ice age twice as old as the great pyramids of Egypt. During t...
Hum,
It seems Enceladus is not alone in having a polar hotspot... :smile:
Researchers have found the Earth's most northernmost underwater hot springs, spouting out of the seabed in the otherwise chilly waters of the Norwegian Sea. It's a veritable oasis featuring tropical-like coral and u...
The Indian Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the setting up of Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) with an initial investment of Rs. 270 crores and annual recurring cost of Rs. 40 crores. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been experiencing severe shortag...
A magnitude 15.4 supernova, 2008fq, was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) on the 15th September, 2008, in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6907 (mag 11.3 ) in the constellation Capricornus. The supernova is located 6" west and 5" north from the centre of the galaxy....